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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1843-04-12

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1843-04-12 page 1

X EEK y o; RNA Jj. VOLUME XXXIII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1843. NUMBER 33. 0 STATE 0 V PUBLISHED BVERV WEDNESDAY, BY VIIARIjKS SCOTT. Office corner of High and Town strctrtt, JButilw' Building. " "terms. " Tun it E Dollars tr.n akwum, which mny be Hischarg-ed by the pnynwiii of Two Dollars ftiid FiUy Ccuu in aii-vance, at ihe olhee. The Journal ii alio published daily during the session o the Lcgislniure and thrice a week ihe remainder of the year for $0 j and iliree limes a week, yearly, fr 5 1. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 0, 1843. lb Public Peeling, Tha Statesman says that it haa heard from the country, since the adjournment of the Legislature, and that every where a warm disposition prevails to concur in the course of policy pursued by the political majority during the late session. The People, it is understood, approve of the measure adopted, and are generally satisfied, as well with what was done as with what was promised and not done. We have aomo reason to doubt the correctness of this intelligence. At all events, we shall withhold our belief, until we have some more decided proofs of its authenticity. We supped there is room for a different opinion, and that the Statesman is only whistling. It is difficult to conceive how the people of Ohio should be contented with their present condition, or with their future prospects, without a change of policy. From tho information contained in the article below, it would seem that in one county, at least, a spirit of alarming dissatisfaction and insubordination tu the laws is nranifesting itself. Weare exceeding sorry to see it, believing as we do that obedience to the laws, whataver they muy be, so long as they emanate from the people themselves, is a thousand times to be preferred to any illegal resort for the purpose of suspending or defeating their operations. The consequences cannot be foreseen,if an opposite course is sanctioned. Nor does there exist any necessity for adopting the dangerous alternative. The remedy for all our griovancea is in the ballot-box. We have not been brought to our present passblind-folded. We have been sufficiently warned of tho hazards incurred at every step of our progress. Wo have made the doscent in the broad light of experience and friendly remonstrance, and with our eyes open. 11 we have been disappointed in (tie issue, there is but one means of escape that is to rut race our path, Viulence, resistance to the laws of the land and its instituted authorities can only involve us deeper, without even securing to us partial relief. We hope, therefore, that however much the people may sulfur from the faults and follies of their rulers, and that there is much of suffering before them yet to be experienced, we cannot doubt they will notwithstanding bear it with fortitude, and avoid the growl error of attempting to relieve themselves by breaking through the restraints and obligations which the laws impose. There is no security left, when these lose their moral influence upon the conduct of men. The corrective is in tho ballot box and he is a bad citizen who advises a recourse to any other means fur reforming abuses, or even procuring a respite from burdensome exactions. We know that Loco Focoism has done much within a few years to demoralize and unsettlo the public mind, but we hope yet to be spared this Inst evidence that all public virtue and respect for the ties that bind society together are in danger of being extinguished. The I.iinl Krsart. We hear that in some parts of Washington county, the people have combined together to prevent the election of collecting officers and the execution of the laws, determined thus to prevent a further sacrifice of property. Wo regret to hear of such a stop. The sutlbrinis of the people are almost intolerable. we are well aware. Universal bankruptcy seems to stare us in the race. Hut there is yet a peaceable remedy; while that is left us, the sanctity of the law should not be invaded. We have but to retrace our steps, in order to restore to the country pruspciity and peace. When we boasted of our prosperity, of the rapid progress of our country to wealth and greatness, (say ID or 12 years since.) who thought of on- posing a Taritf, State or National Brinks ? Ask tho old Jackson man if he ever heard of this test, those questions, during the first Jackson campaign, in lt28? A blind devotion to men and names, instead of principles, has led us from the ancient landmarks, estab lished by men who never suffered patriotism to be lost sight of in devotion to party. We have not passed tho Rubicon. We may vet return. If wo are satisfied with tho experiments and expedients of! quacks and demagogues, we hove but to say it through the ballot-box, and the clouds will soon begin to break away. The chains of tho recent gerrymander may bo galling, but they can be broken. Tho blow that frees our goods, chattels and property from the hands ot the Mlieritt and Lnnstable, annihilates this perry inander and prevents the consummation of a worse one by taking out ol the hands of our spoilers tho power to amrict the state lor (senators and Kepro senUitivcs. Let us strike then at the root of the evil by the repeal of bad and the adoption of pood laws, i i kilo ad of lopping otf the branches. We should never resort to remedies that nro unlawful while law-f'ul ones are within our reach. McConnellsvUtc Whig oninaara. TbcArllng Fund t'eiuinlimrr The anuria Mint published at the residence of the cx-dtvant Bank Commissioner, now Acting Fund Commissioner, Hubbard, his the following article respecting that gentleman's claims on tho score of capacity, to the olfices which ho has formerly held, and the ono he now fills. It is not a very flattering testimonial to be given by one's neighbors. So far, however, as we have heard expressions of opinion in other quarters, it indicts no injustice, and leads us to apprehend lint the new r und Commissioner will not be likely to reflect a vast deal of credit upon the State, among tho mom'y kings of Wall it., whither he haa gone to see what is the maket value of our even per cent, bonds, Kmfh ibf F.ljris AiIm. I)r. Hubbard lias left town for Columbus, and has probably by this time pot a fust hold of one of the must productive teals in tho gift uf the Slate. That he will keep a tost hold of it thero is not a doubt, those wtio know nun win not entertain any. And we would ink if it is not surprising that an individual like the i)r- who has been for a long time lhnk Commits inner, getting his "three dollars a day and roast beet, and he could never "tell assets Iroi liabilities," effecting no possiblo good, except it was infilling his own pocket at the people expense, hould he appointed to one of the most lucrative and rcnponsible ollicosin the Statrthat of Acting Canil a ...r...u ;n tt, r a ........ fund (Jommissionor f lie domcshi'b no financial talent and yet ha is appointed to an office which demands the most profound knowledge in this respect But an it is with tho Loco Focns, Capacity is no qualification with them. All that they require of a candidate for office I that ha should be a good demagogue.Apropos to the above, it is curious to observe in what a loose and irregular manner, every thing is done that is entrusted to the agency or execution of Loco Focoism. The law creating theoflice ot Acting Fund Commissioner, prescribes explicitly that he shall give bond with good and sufficient security, to the satisfaction and acceptance of the Governor of this Siale in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars," before or upon entering upon tho duties of his office. Yet tlits provision has been entirely disregarded or evaded, so far as the (inventor1! approval of the bond is concorned. A bond has been tiled in the Secretary's office, where we called to examine it yesterday, but the Governor's name is not on it Nevertheless tho Acting Commissioner has asstimod his official functions, and ia drawing his pay, without hav ing complied with the requisitions of the act under which he holds his commission. V hen the Legisla ture required such a heavy pecuniary guarranty for tha faithful discharge of his duty, we presume it wrb in earnest, and that no suspicion was entortaincd that an attempt would be made to obtain the emoluments of office without a compliance with tho provisions ot the law. By and by thero may be trouble, and then what is tho Slate to do for an indemnification, if one hould be wanted ? Who will lay, either, that here is not a peg large enough to hang repudiation on, when thai doctrine shall come generally into vogue? But it is of a piece with every thing undertaken by our present masters, and we suppose we must submit o long as it is the people's will not to apply the cor rective. Pria Discipline. tf half we have heard, on good authority, it true, the walls of the Ohio Penitentiary, could they speak, Would disclose "prison house secrets," that would make the blood curdle. We are againsijkg-gt'ng in the army, navy, mad-house, or Penitentiary, if it can possibly be dispensed with ; and sure we are that the moral effect of unusual and cruel corporeal punishment, is deleterious to the last degree.' We insert an article, to-day, describing the new system of correction practised for a year or two past in New York and Massachusetts, and would recommend it to the candid attention of the Directors and Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary. If the managers of that Institution could substitute such a persuasive as cold water for the cats and other instruments of torture and bloodletting, heretofore employed, we are certain they would elicit an expression of universal commendation from the community. The Magician's Ward is Broken! The 8age of Kinderhook, weary of the "Philosophic Shades" about which the Argus went into extacies last full, came here six weeks ago to obtain a legislative nomination for President But so far there has been no movement. "New York's Favorite Son" seeks in vain for a nomination from tho Legislature of his own State, two-thirds of whose members belong to his own Party ! Failing to geta " straight-out" nom-, iuation, it is said that he is figuring to promote the adoption of some sort of Resolution in his favor at the close of the Session. Albany Evening Journal. This is not very encouraging to those who have staked their political existence in other States, upon Van Burcn's nomination. There is a reason for this hesitation in New York. Van Buren'a known unpopularity at home, produces the unwillingness manifest in the party, to commit themselves. They would be glad to escape the ordeal. Van Buren swamped them before, and if he is the candidate again, New York is as certain to repudiate him in 1844, as Kentucky or South Carolina are to sustain their respective favorites. Ohio llonde, We observe since Auditor Brough and his man Friday have been in New York, trying to peddle off our new seven percent bonds, that our six per cents, have been declining, and that the lust quotations show a fulling off of three per cent The Hon. Goo. A. Waooaman, formerly a Sena tor in Congress from Louisiana, was recently wounded through both thighs, in a duel with Dennis Prieur former Mayor of NcwOrlcans. Mr. W. we perceive haa since died of his wounds. (?"We beg the attention of our readers to the article signed "Montgomery." The t,'ril Approaches To the Editor of the Ohio Slate Journal: There are clouds in tho political horizon which portend evil. They overshadow tho whole country. A storm is gathering beforo which the stoutest frames will tremble. And it will be well for the American people for the cause of Constitutional Liberty throughout tho worldif there be stout hearts and clear heads to meet the shock and turn tho moral tempest aside. Tho refusal of a portion of the States of tins Union to comply with the law of Congress, prescribing the mode of electing members of the House of Representatives, if persisted in, is virtually a disso lution of the Union! The law in question is undoubtedly a constitution al one. As such, it is binding on all the States. It is the paramount law of the laud, and cannot be disregarded or contravened without settling at defiance the law making power of Congress. The work is thrn done. The National Legislature ccasca to possess a power co-cxtensive with the Union. The States, individually, are superior to the United Stales. And what remains of our Union? Let us pursue this subject a little farther. The law of Congress requires that the States shall be districted each district to elect one member. Certain of the States refuse compliance (the reason for this refusal may be separately examined, as well as the manner of complying with the law on the part of some of the States neither can affect the question under consideration) they refuse compliance, and proceed to elect Representatives to Congress under a law of their particular Stato. When Congress shall assemble next December, and these pretended Representatives shall present themselves, what will be the consequonco? If they be admitted to scats, what becomes of the law of Congress? If one law may, be set at defiance, v4y not Uco (Aree the whole!! Who shall answer this question? Not Congress for its power has ceased ! Tht taut prescribing Us own organization, under the Constitution, has been ttampled in the dust! To what higherpow-er shall the appeal be taken ? To the People ? Not so. They have already decided ii in the ajfirmn-live! Thf.rr ii no higher power. They have deliberately withdrawn from tho reach of Federal Legislation. Tho moral power has been exhausted. Nothing remains but force, bruto force erjterimen-Urn cruris Shall force be resorted to shall tho experiment be tried ? Aye, shall it ? and who shall try it 1 Not one State in open conflict with another ? that would bo double treason, for the power of the States is equal, and they are forbidden by tho constitution to "cngago in war unless actually invaded." Not the present Executive? for ho has virtually provoked the approaching crisis and invited the States to disregard the law. It is trtio, he is expressly enjoined by tho Constitution to Mtako care that tho laws bo faithfully executed." But whut uf that, when we think of his course in the Rhode Island rebellion, where he was equally bound to act under tho constitution.But, says the quibblor, tho Constitution also pro vides that "Each House shall shall bo tho judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members," True and the same Constitution also expressly says "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall bo made in pursuance thereof, shall be 0e supreme law of the tana anything in the constitution or laws uf any State to tho con- trarv notwithstsndinir Tho qualification of mem bers must be adjudged underthe law. All laws enacted in pursuance fif tho constitution are binding. The judges uf every State are bound thereby, as are also the nieinbc-s of the State legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers "both of the United States and uf die several States," by express provis ion. So that if one law may be disregarded, ao may all for by their oath they are bound to support all, not a part I repeat again, a crisis approaches! It is with fear and trembling that I watch its approach. Not I foar my own powers of personal endurance but I tremble for our proud Union, once the mark of tho prizo of the joyous sons of Liberty throughout the world. I would hero adopt, with slight variation, a applicable on this occasion, tho lunguago of Gen. Cass in a late letter to the Secretary of Slato "I am cloar in the belief that it is better to defend the outworks than thecitadol to fight for the first inch rather than for the last to maintain our Union and the Constitution when attacked, rather than to wait till we have none to be attacked or maintained ; and such I trust, and hope, will bo the unwavering determination of every constitutional member of the next Congress." MONTGOMERY. Q3The following for a Loco Foco is net btd. ImarttmpiM OR THE COURT r ERROR! AT WAIHlSGTUK, With Washing rm, her favorite ton, The country went mo-l brnvrly on, And ramcd htT unme in alory With JrhVwm and Mnflinm And Jnr ktofl down to llarrina, Hull on, on, on, to glory. With Tvlfr ihe began to err, C'sIM V cltiur, t4rna?r and Uyirwr, W h (f Tonei to mpport her j F.rho relumed no loiind lo her From t'ongrwt wnlli, err, err, err, And now Im raid for 1'oitrr. , PHILADELPHIA, March 1), llUA The Cenet. Professor Loomis, of Hudson College, haa pub lished two or three accounts of his observations upon the recent comot, which were the most satisfactory of any we have seen. The following is his latest publication, and comes to us through tho Hudson Observer of the 30th of March. I have computed the elements of the comet's or bit from the observations of March 11th and 21st, combined with the best estimate I could form of its Dusition Feb. 28th, according to tho loose newspa per statements. The following is the result : reniieiion passage r eo. xt, vwo ureenwicn mean time. Longitude of perihelion, 731' Lougiliide uf ucvuiiins; node, 180 IV Inclination of orbit, 3i 4 Perihelion distance,. 2i27 Motion direct. Computintr the comet's places from these elements the accordance is exact for the extreme observations but for tho intermediate time the error is about four degrees. There seems then good reason to believe that the comet was actually seen Feb. 28 ; but not precisely in the place assigned it. According to my observations of March ii5ih the error of this orbit is about three degrees. The above orbit then is but a course approximation, yet will suffice to give a general idea of tho comet's motion. When first discovered Feb. 28, the comet had just passed its point of nearest approach to the sun being at its perihelion distant from the Bun twenty millions of miles, and a hundred and fifteen millions of miles from the earth. It is now more than eighty millions of miles from the sun and about the snme distance from Uie earth. Calling the apparent diameter of the head two minutes, its real diameter must do over 4u,uuu miles. Its tail haa a length of about sixty millions of miles. The comet is now receding both from the earth and sun and ere long will disappear forever from our view. Its angular distance from the sun has been constantly increasing since first observed, but at a diminished rate. It will probably soon reach its greatest elongation, and afterwards slowly return towards the sun and be lost in his rays. How long it may he seen is quite uncertain. This deoends not merely upon its motion in its orbit, but upon moonlight, and the transparency of the atmosphere. It would not be strange if the tail should not be seen ogain after tho next full moon. Ihe head may probably be seen by a good telescope several weeks longer should clouds permit Tho above elements do not sufficiently resemble those of any recorded comet, to justify the belief that this one Iisb ever been seen before. This is then a new comet added to our Yut, making now one hundred and fifty. It clouds should permit Any further observations wo limy hope soon to obtain an orbit deserving of Borne confidence. bua LiUUJiia. From the Muuniee Time. The Winter. Cold weather continues without much prospect of its immediate abatement l his must emphatically bo considered the winter of winters. Scarcely an exchamro in per reaches u. but that it contains ac counts of the severity of the winter, the scarcity of tuddcr, tho dying ot entile, swine, olc. We copy a tew paragraphs trom sumo ol our ex change papers, to show the stato of au (luring to which tho brute creation in many parts of this section of country is reduced. And we fear that if the cold wenihcr continues much lunger, tunro win do a famine for man as well as beust Already haa corn advanced from 20 cts. to 3. per bushel, and we are told that wheat is beginning to be quoted at 7j cts. per bushel. The La orange f reeman, printed at tmondaga, La Giangc co., Indiana, says: "W hat shall w e do 1 his question or emu lation is becoming tho first salutation when neighbors meet And it is spoken in anxiety and in earnest And should this cold weather continue much loriL'or, there will, in our opinion, be good and suffi cient reason for them to make these inquiries. Why, the farmers are many ot them out of coarso Judder for their stock, and their cows, oxen, sheep and young nattlo are, in many instances in a state of suffering. In some of the neighborhoods, stock has already died by twenties and fifties and hundreds; and should this weather hold for a few days longer the distress must be general. The Fort Wayne Sentinel says : This winter has been one of unusual length and seventy; more so than any previous one in this re- ffion within the memory of the oldest settlers, 1 he cattle are suffering severely from the want of fodder, and great numbers perish or actual starvation. Hundreds of Hogs are also said to bo lying dead in the woods, and even tho wild animals aro starving to death. Notwithstanding the great abundance of the last harvest, teed is becoming scarce, and price advancing. Some farmers who sold corn in the fall for 15 cents, and oats for 10, are now re-purchasing, the former at and the latter at 18 : hay is selling at 10 to 12 dollars a ton. Those who may havo any thing to sell would do w?ll to embrace the present opportunity, as prices must inevitably fall as soon as the canal is open. We understand that any quantity of corn and oats are to be purchased in Tippeca noe county tor u and IU cents a Dushel. The iMIes njicliiL'an jnlclli''cncer thus speaks of tho winter: Winter. Lost spring at this lime, many of our fanner were sowing oata; now we have full two feet of snow and weather asstonny and cold aa mid winter, r odder is exceedingly scarce, and many farmers are losing their stock. The Norwalk experiment haa the following: The long continued cold weather has nearly ex- hn uited the hay and other coarso fodder for our far mers, and unless a tavorahle change anon takes place, crest numbers of cattle and other slock must WerMh lor want of food. A Iready we hoar that some dI onr farmer havo been driven to tho alternative of killing a part of their store hogs in -wler to fur nish sustenance fur tho balance. A gentleman from Michigan, within a tew days past, represents the slock in the region through which he passed as in a most deplorable condition, having seen in one yard no less than thirtu creature dead from starvation. Tho Cleveland 1 leritld thus speaks of the sutlerinir on the Kescrve, and in the counties adjacent ihfreio: "Distress. J ho protracted and severe winter, we aro pained to learn, has produced such a scarcity of fodder in portions of Northern Ohio, that cattle are actually starving, and in some instance numbers have been killed by their owners aa a last resort Such we are aasurrd is ttie fact in somo township in uo- auga and Ashtabula counties. In many neighbor hood in tho counties adjacent, cattle are suffering for food, and many have been killed for their hides and to lessen stocka with the bono of saving a part. 1 he hard winter and hard time are unparalleled. We might fill our paper with extracts similar to the above, but enough, a sorry tale indeed do they present Wo observe similar accounts from tho West part of Pennsylvania. The following i from the Detroit Advertiser of the 1st of April. Distress in the CotijiTH?. From almost overy section ot the btate, and the northern pot lion particularly, we have melancholy accounts of actual suf fering and distress, in consequence of tho prolonged seventy ot winter. Ihe cattle in almost every direction, are tsrvintr. In many place they are bare ly kept alive by feeding them jtour hay, atraw, outs, corn, and every other specie of fodder having become entirely exhausted. We have beard of farmers ill Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, and other northern countica, who have knocked all their cattle in the head, to save thorn from the lingering horror of star vatinn. When the iron grasp of Winter will be relaxed, ia altogether beyond human calculation. We have now, on tins first day of April, excellent eloign ing in the city, and the snow in the country ia from two to three feet deep on the level. That very respectable gentleman, w the oldest inhabitant," assures us that it is just hliy-fuur years since a wtnier or equal seventy haa been exfwrienced here. Frwus HI r lr. The United States schooner Dolphin, from Vera Crua, tourhed at the Southeast Pass on the 23d of March. 1 he newa is given briefly by the New Orleans papers. Tranquility prevailed throughout Mexico. Suita Anna had loft hi farm near Vera Crux, in order to bo present at the adoption of tho new Constitution in the capital. Information had reached Vera Out of the recapture of one hundred and eleven of the Texan pri-mners, and thai the Mexican were close up with the remait;dnr. It is said th'tt Runt a Anna haa sent agents to Houston to treat for peart brtioten Mexico and Texas The Mexican army ia said to be very numerous. The official letters from the Mexican common dor near Campcachy apeak in a confident tone of the immediate aucccsa of the enterprise and tho Vera Crui paponi record the frequent dcarture of reinforcement to the besiegers, which they believe renders the fall of Campoarhy absolutely certain. A new twiner called "The Arirus," hits been star ted at Harmburgh, Pentu, to advocate the claims of i Gen. las to tho Presidency. Wiie fnoMHi TajionTillc letter. The author of the following letter is now in the ranks of the reviler of Henry Clay. For office he has ranged himself among the slanderers of the man whom he tells us has acquired a tame trom winch "no man's censure can detract." For office he has become one of that party who, he also tells us, were guilty, and are now guilty "of misrule of every shape of ignorance and vice." For office he has become ihe supporter of an administration which, as he says again, "if any thing wrong, rotten and ruinous" can bring to it "downfall and disgrace, "it has done the work itself." For his slandors and abuse of the man whom he has well called a teacher, an experienced teacher of eternal political truths, and a witness of facts for freedom against freedom's foes for hk b landers and abtiee of this great man, he sought to obtain the President's smiles and did wring from his reluctant hand a nomination for a foreign mission. The Senate refused with most potential voice, to allow the ''favor" to follow the "fawning" to ratify the payment of the wages of his Blander and abuse. The disappointed oihce-Beeker tire waiter on Executive favors the subservient instrument of a traitor Preside. nt, returns to his constituents, and asks them to re-elect him to the Best in Congress, the independence and respectability of which he prostra ted at the foot of the President, whose treachery he counselled and abetted. We cannot suppose it possible that there can be found in the whole broad compnBs of the laud a constituency much less a constituency whom he had betrayed who would be willing to bo represented by such a man. Hut to the letter Baltimore Patriot. "Wasrikuton Citt, June 19th, 1840. "Gentlemen : I have delayed answering yours of the 18th inst, in order to make arrangements, if possible, to accept its kind invitation to attend tho dinner in honor of Mr. Clay, by the citizens of his native county, at Tuylorsville, on the 27th inst "I need not tell you what I think of Unit man, Henry Clay, of Hanover. He has done for himself what friends and fortune can do for no man, und has acquired what neither friends nor foes can take from him "a fame for which himself has fought," and to which no man's praise can add, and from which no man's censure can detract And that fame is his reward. Office could not add a cub t to his stature. He has reflected honor on the place of his birth, and a Henry was born there before hirn ; he has maintained the reputation of Virginia's sons, and is she the mother of "Heroes, Statesman and Sages !" That is enough for any one man, and it is enough for you to claim hhn as your own j you honor yourselves in honoring Henry Clay. None can impeach his d winter-cstedness now, and I wish that all Virginia, all A merico, could see him as you will see hi in, and hear him as you will hear him a touchor, an cxjierienced teacher of eternal political truths, and a witness of facta for freedom against freedom's foes. Heed him I beseech you heed him, whilst you may. "For myself, you havo suid more than I deserve, but not more than I have ever ardently wished to de-servo. I have tried to do my part, and trust that the little I have done has not been in vain. With gratitude to Heaven, I think I see the salvation of the country jdraws nigh. The work is finished. If urro-gant usurpation, presumptuous dictation, flagitious profligacy.undipgtiiscd tyranny, open frauds, unblush ing dishonesty, insiduoua corruption, enormous ex travagance, with contempt of Slate rights and unmitigated abuse of Federal power, a total disregard of the popular will, a constant tendenc to consolidation; -ln empire itself, with its standing armies to overawe the people and humblo them to submission if misrule in every shape of ignorance and vice, and a "destructive policy," griping upon fafor in the name or "far oor against the rich, and destroying a nation's credit, commerce, currency, spirit and pride, and disorganizing its institution, trampling upon "the blood of heroes and the wisdom of soges,' if any thing wrong, rotten and mi nous, can bring sn Administration to its downfall and disgrace, the Ad ministration of Marlin Van Buren ho done the work for itself!! " With so sinful, selfish exclamation of feeling, but with sincere gratitude on my heart and prairie on my lips, as a Christian Patriot, 1 do fervently thank God that "swift destruction," will soon overtake it, and that it will soon afford another example to the world, that wickedness, among nations at least, will study merit its own reward on earth. My private engagements will not permit me to be present with you, gentlemen, and I therefore beg you lo offer for me the subjoined toast I am, moat gratefully yniirs, 1IENKY A. WISE. To Messrs. Wm. F. Wickham, &c. The offspring of Hanover: The scourges of ty rant, whose motto ia "give me liberty or give mo death '." IfltiilNr nnr4 ib Kmci Frlnle. While ihe Essex was lying at the Marmiesaa Is lands, recruiting hor crew from one of the long and arduous cruises m the Pacific, Commodore Porter was informed through a servant of one ol hi officers, that a mutiny had been planned, and was on tho eve of consummation. That it was tho intention of the mutineer to rise upon the officers, take possession of the ship, and alter remaining aa long as they found agreeable at the Island, to hoist the black Hag and "cruize on their own account" Having satisfied himself of the tnilh of Uio infonnation, Commodore Porter ascended to the quarter deck, and ordered all the crew to be summoned alt Waiting till the last man had come from below, he informed them that ho understood that a mutiny was on foot. and that he had summoned them tor the purpose of inquiring into it truth. "Those men who are in fa vor of standing by tho ship and her olliccra," said the commodore, "will go over to the starboard side those who are against them will remain where they are." The crew, lo a man, moved over to the starboard side. The ship was still aa the grave. Fixing In eyes on them ateadily and sternly tor a lew momentathe Commodore said "Hubert White step out!' The man obeyed, st finding pale and agitated guilt stamped on every lineament of hi counten ance in Iront ot hi comrade. J he commodore looked at him a moment then soiling a cutlass from the nearest rack, said in a suppressed voice, but in tones so deep tint they rung like a knell upon the cars of the guilty among tho crew "Villain! you re the ringleader of tins mutiny jump overboard !" The man dropped on hi kneea, imploring fur mercy ending that ne could not swim. "Then drown, you Koundrcl V said the commodore springing towards him to cut him down "overboard iDHtauily ! and the man jumped over the aide of the shin. He then turned to the trembling crew, and addressed them with much feeling, tho tears standing upon his bronzed check a he spoke. He asked them what he had done that his ship should be disgraced bv a mutiny. He aidted them whether he had ever dishonored the ling whether he had ever treated them with other than kindness whether they hid ever been wanting for anything to their comfort, that discipline and the rules of the service would allow and which it waa in his power to give. At tho cloao of hi address, he said "Men! before t came on deck I laid a train to the mauuxine and 1 would have blown all on board into eternity, before my ship should have been disgraced by a turrcful mutiny 1 never would have survived the dishonor of my shin. Go to your duty !n The men were much affected by the commodore s address, and immediately returned to their duly, showing every sign of contrition. They were a good crew, and had been seduced by Ihe al lurement of the island, and Ihe plausible represen tations oft, villain. That they did their duly lo their (lag, it ia only necessary to say, that the aame crew fought the ship afterwards against the Phrbo and Cherub, in the harbor of Valparaiso, where, though the American ng tiewenued, u descended in a blaze of glory Uial will long shine on the page of history. Itul mnrk the sequel of this mutiny and lot those who, in the calm stmritv of their firesides, are ao severe upon the course of conduct pursued by officer in such critical situations, seo how much innocent blood would have been saved, if White hid been cut down instantly, or hung at the yard arm. Aa he went overboard, he succeeded in reaching a canoe floating at a little distance, and paddled ashore. Some lew months allerwards, when Lieut mint Gam ble, of the Marine, waa at the island, in charge of one ot Uie large prize, short-handed and in d is ties, ihia same White, at the head of a party of native, attacked tho ship, killed two of Uie nth r era and a number of men, and it was with great difficulty that she waa prevented from falling into their hand. The blood of these innoconl men, and the live of two meritorious officers, would have been spared, if mo wrctcn nan uecn put to instant death aa waa the commander's intentioa Hon. John C Edward, Ijoco M. C from Missouri, lay in his recently publmhed sevch on the Revenue bill, "I am not only ojmosed tu Uiia bill, but am ointoscd lo any Tartfr That ia manly and to the purpose, Bhll we never be able toiimokeout Van lluren, Wright & Co,, from their studied oHk-rity, and c.ui, ilif m to "flcl'in, thotr position with co,ul frukne ? ,V, 1'. J'n6unf. AdrMMtnge of Being Slandered. BI EPES SARGENT. Every bodu ipeaki well of him t I am torrv to hear it i for theu he mun have bowed as low to kmivea and fooli u to the honest dignity of virtue and talent. Sheridan. "Is it possible r "True, every word of it! I had it direct from Mrs. Marval, whose husband, you know, is a very matter- of-fact sort of man, and the last in the world to invent such a story about anybody." Well, J never would have believed that young Langdale could have fallen into such habits ! So inconsiderate, too, at this moment, when hisbed-ridden old uncle ia hesitating how he shall dispose of his immense estate!" "Oh, that will undoubtedly go to Mr. Allen, the thcr nephew, who was a perfect model for the young men of the aire in his habits : and who calls on old Gregory twice a day, dutifully to inquire into his 'A nd doesn't the dissipated one have sense enough to do the same?" "Quite the contrary, Langdale hasn't called on is uncle these six months. He is too fond of his i bottle and cigar, to concern himself about the old gentleman." I "And which of the nephews is favored by tho fa-! mou beauty Miss Maberly?" Trie fortunate one, ot course, whichsoever he may be ; but as the chances of wealth are now in favor ot Allen, Langdale is not so much encouraged at pres-sent as formerly." And so Langdale has really a cottage at 1J loom ing dale, and " Hutih '. don t tor the world repeat as coming trom me though at the same time, 1 must say I think it proper tha such things should be known." "lo be autre they should! 1 have a dozen more calls to make this morning, my dear Mrs. Ii , Good day. Be sure and return my visit soon." And tlm suyincr Miss Palter took hor leave, and made a dozen culli in rapid succemion, and every where communicated the intelligence bIio had gathered in regard to Mr. Langdale. 1 heso arrecable intimations were but part of n ivatem of abuiic which had been originated by Mr. larrowhy, an old friend of Langdales and a mas- tcrly tactician, in his management of the minor peculiarities of human nature. Langdale had been complaining that Miss Maberly gave him no encouragement, and that his uncle had assured him thut he should only leave him enough in his will to buy him a suit of niuurning. Uarruwby heard this intelli- Esnce with concern, for ho was himticlf indebted to angdale fur the loan of somo odd hundreds, and though he well knew that he should never bo dunned for the repayment, he was yet desirous of keeping his young friend in a position where he should nov-cr feel Uie temptation of want, liarrowby applied himself to the study of Langdale1. case, questioned linn minutely aa to what tho world said of him what were Alias Alabcrly's characteristics, and what were the uncle's. 1 lo learnt that the young lady was of rather a romantic turn of mind, ambitious, but high-spirited and generous fond ol admiration, and remarkably fond of having her own way. Accord-in? to Langdalc's belief, however, the good and beautiful preponderated inherchuracter, as well as in her person. As lor old Oregory, the uncle, ho had been a row in hisyouth, but wim now entirely reformed, lie took credit to himself for the rhange, but the fact was that gout and incipient disease had wrought it. llo belonged to somo dozen Temperance Societies, and abused his old Iriend King Alcohol, with Uie habitual zeal of new converts. liarrowby rchVctcd long and intently unon these and other particulars which Langdale communicated. At last lie exclaimed : 1 see It, my young Iriend. 1 have struck the root of the mischief. The fact is, you have altogether too good a character. You aro too amiable, too correct, too unexceptionable hi your deportment. You don't afford pegs enough for slan der to hang her little exaggerations upon. You must commit aomo trilling peccadilloes or you are ruined. L,ct me seo. buppose you stand in the collonade before I'inteaux's to-morrow, with a dear in your mouth. and your cheeks very much flushed. But no. There is not the least occasion that you should do any thing of that kind. Hlandcr requires no straw in Uio man ufacture of her brick. Imagination supplies material solid enougli for her. I must backbite you a little, uingilale, give currency to few bits of scandal, get ynu well abused, and then there will be seine hopo of retrieving your fortunes." "ileally, llammby," replied Langdale, "I do not comprehend your tactics. Look at my cousin Allen ; spo what an excellent character he enjoys! And what win oe uie consequence t "He will marry Kllcn Maberly. and become old Gregory's heir." "JVic upon your faint heart! He will never do any such thing, llo is ruining himself by playing Uie saint." Why, liarrowby, he ii Uio president of t Tem perance Society, and surely, if any tiling can prejudice his uncle in his favor, it will be that fact." M All a mistake! You show your ignorsnco of hu man nature, my dear boy, in aayinir so. Self-love is at the bottom of all our actions. 1 take Uiat as on ax iom. Now is it the way to win old Gregory's favor io maae ii apparent lo ins understanding, that you aro vitally bettor than he waa at your azer" " But Uie lady, liarrowby surely sho will prefer tuai nor tovor snouid DO a man ol unobioctionab e character." Unobjectionable humbug! How will sho ever find out Uiat she lovos bun, unless some one gives her an opportunity of defending him? Ah! let the world iratlun minor than praise me to the woman wnnsc love 1 would win." "Where would your nhilosonhv lead to?" asked Langdale. "If you are right, then Uie old proverb is ong ; and honesty is not the best policy." ror your own sake," said liarrowby. "it is for our own peace of mind, and the smile of our own conscience ! I would not givo much for Uie honesty wnicn is eased solely upon a trust in its policy. How mucn more cautious man ute author ot Una old saw ia Shakspearo, when he lavs, " Corruption wins not more than honesty j" from which we may infer thai nnnesiy wins not more man corruption: which I bo. lievo to be fact. But we are stravinir from the sub jeel before us. The question is, how are you to re gain mo lavor oi your uncle and your mistress? I liavp revealed to you Uie means. Gire me a carle Mirnrne ta slimier you, and all shall be well." " Koallv. my dear llarrowhv. this is a moat onirin- al plan for advancing one's fortunes ; but I rely upon our superior sagacity ana tnowicngo ol tho world. I leave niy character in your hands." "And I will re-cnnign it to a maiden lady of my acquaintance, who will deal with it vary tondcilv." rinro me conieranco between liarrowby and hta pupu lenninairu ; anu tne lormerdrew nis sun Handkerchief over his hat, and wci.t forth to set afoot Uie project he had originated. Tho result did not fully appear until several months had elapsed. By that lime, Langdale had become ono of Uie must notorious young men about town. .-minimi, m ma natiia, with a constitutional rcpinr- nance to sensual excess, and pasaing Ihe greater part of hia time anion j hia books: he vet innocently acquired the reputaion of being a "five-bottle man gay deceiver, a gambler, a confirmed rake. Mo-Uiera warned their daughter againat hia invidiutis ana, rnidcni lauiora tnroaiened their sons Willi rus tication in tho event of their venturing lo minirlo in his society. Numberless were the stories of hisex- travagancen, hia "scrapes," and his gambling pro pensities, iiarrnwny,wnenneneardot tncae tilings, aa he eften would, from papaa and mamas, looked grave, shook Ins head, and remarked that it waa a pity such a fine young man should throw hi nine 1 1 away. And all ihia, while poor L- fonrctful evonof his friend's project in his behalf, waa deeply engaged in Ilia preparation of a work on ornithology a favorite study with him and rarely went forth except for exercise. At length the physicians gave the world to understand that old Gregory could not survive more than a week or two. Ilia large fortuno rendered it of course an interrnting siihjnct of public speculation: who was to be his heir? Allen, of course! aaidlhe world i and Allen Uiought eo himself, ami look occasion to ask Mrs. Maberly point-blank if she ob jected to him as son-in-law. The mother expree- Med herself charmed at the prospect t but Ulen positively said " No." The mother alonnod and threatened; and the daughter retired weening lo hercham-ber, and sitting down to a writing-desk, addressed a long letter lo Langdale, who, discouraged by demonstrations of aversion on the part of the mother, and by misrepresented caprices on the part of the daughter, had retired, sirk al heart, fiom the candidacy for her hand. We cannot quote Uie wholo of Kllen's letter, for it would only be laughed at. She hail heard of Langdale'a fiblcd career of dissipation, and auppnaed that be had surrendered himself to it on account of his despair ot ever attaining her hand. Dreadful stories wore told of him she said; but she didn't believe hair of them not half. Kvery body seemed forsaking him now. Even Uie old uncle had cut him off with a shilling ao her mother declared. Undor these circumstances, she had discovered thai she loved him better than any one else in Ihe world nd marry Mr. A Hen, she wouldn't) nothing should force her to Uiat She cimoaxd a hope, nay, ihe was sure Uiat Lanedale would reform under her in fluence, and she could never believe Uiat he was a fiftieth part as bad aa people represented him. Such waa Uie tenor of the young lady'a letter. Langdale had not finished reading and kissing it, when he received summons to attend the deathbed of liis uncle. Sincerely concerned at the intelligence of his kinsman's serloua illness, he hastened to fulfil the summons. Gregory wai the only remaining brother of hia departed mother, and though Langdale had never experienced any kindness from him, and expected no advantage from his death, he now keenly felt a twinge of remorse at hia long neglect of the childish old gentleman. On his way he encountered liarrowby, who insisted on accompanying him. They entered the aick chamber together. Before they reached Uio bed its occupant had breathed his last Several persons were present in the anartment a clergyman. Mr. Grufi'the attorney, a physician, Allen, and a servant Langdale uttered an unaffected ex clamation of regret on learning what had happened, nui uia not pretend to any very vehement emotion. Allen sat with his handkerchief to his eyes, the picture of disconsolate affliction. After ascertaining that due preparations would be made for the obse quies, Langdale signified to liarrowby his intentions oi returning nome. "Stop a moment my young frieiid,"saidMr.GnilT. "There may be something that will interest you in this paper." Allen put down hia handkerchief, and pricked up his ears. Mr. Gruff drew forth a paper tied with red tape from his pocket, and without furUier preface read the following passage from the last will and testament of Uie deceased; "Whereas, my nephew, HopKins Allen, has inaniteatcd a becoming interest in the good cause of temperance, 1 hereby bequeath the eum of five thousand dollars to the asylum for inebriates, on condition that the said Hopkins Allen is made one of the trustees of the said institution. And whercaa, my nephew, Arthur Langdale, unless some strong inducement is offered him to reform, is likely to become a candidate for tho humane offices of the directors of Uie said Asylum, I hereby bequeath to him Uie bulk of my property, consisting of real estate, ect, ect, as enumerated in schedule A ; on condition that he will, from this time forth, abandon the use of ardent spirits ; and I leave it solely to his honor as a gentleman lo declare, whether or no he accedes to this condition." A groan from Mr. Allen, a smothered huzza from liarrowby, and a cry of surprise from Langdale, succeeded the reading of Uiis extraordinary clause. "What aay you now to my tactics !" asked Har-rowby, when he and Langdale were in the open street Without waiting for a reply, he continued : "I havo only one regret It is that this occurred before Ellen Maberly had declared herself in your favor. Her disinterestedness would be questionable, should she smile upon you now." "Not at all. Read that letter," replied Langdale. "Victorious on every side!" exclaimed liarrowby, aa he akiimncd its contents. "Didn't I tell you ao ? Wasn't it my abuse of you that brought you all Uiis good fortune ?" "It would seem so and yet how unnatural !" "Not at all ! Didn't the Athenians tire of hearing Ariatides called the just and isn't human nature the name now aa it ever was ? Your fool of a cousin got people to surround your uncle, who continually rung in the old man's ears the praises of his nephew. Of you he heard nothing but bad reports. But with you he felt that ho had sympathies in common. He could say to his own heart "1 was the same wild dog myself when I was of his age." He was true to his nature at the last Self-love triumphed, aa I calculated it would triumph." "I shall never ajwak ill of slanderer! after this," said Ijingilale. " 1 hey have trior uaca, depend upon it, rejoined liarrowby. "Poor Allen ! He has fallen a victim to the irreproachablencai of his character. But there are Mabcrly's marble steps. Suppose you go in and get Ellen lo fix Uie marriage day." From tha National Intelligencer. Ilraaeitenl Statistics. The last Lancntltr Eraminer furnishei us. in a tabular form, some highly interesting facta as to Uio population of that part of Pennsylvania, taken in relation to Uie blessed state of matrimony ; of which word, by-Uie-by Uie laUer half is, now-e-dayi, too often almost all Uiat is made any account of that half being thought more valuable than the whole. 1 he examiner divides population exactly according to tho lemalo plan of drawing up a census ; that ia, it ranges every body into two great orders the married and tho unmarried; 1 mode of division, which, we take it, there ia hardly any young lady who will not easily comprehend. It proceeds to stato Uie whole number of married people in that county as 31,'r3, including, we pre-auine, Uiat class of " widows " (like the wife of Bep-po) who, for the time being, are IcUiered in Uiat knot tied by the tongue which the teeth cannot unlooae. Of Uiia number it eatimatea Uie entire sum of those who have married for love, aa 2;to0 ; a proportion certainly very large, and which we know not how to explain, unless Laucaaler be a county in which thero lingers a very primitive state of the manners, or where there is a very great lack of money ; or, laatly, it eatimatea all Uiose al " love-matches" where there is love on either side. But if Uiis computation exhibits lome decline of one virtue, the next fact diaplaya large compensating accessions of another and far more useful one Uiat of prudence : for Uie number of Uiose who have preferred a nuptial benediction pronounced by PlutuJ to one lisped by love is no less than lrj,U74. Such being the multitude of those who, in this ten-dor connexion, have thought that what ia denominated " Uie main chance," or " Uie quills," and makes " Uie pot boil'" and " Uio mare go," should be chiefly looked to, Ihe Examiner finds yet another claaa, who are happier atill, and who, indeed, have combined in their wedlock a quanUty of blias rather excessive for any mortal lot : we mean those who have been able to marry both for love and for money ; of whom the number ia no leas Uian 8,144. Whether, however, the two elements have entered equally into theao matches, or whether Uiey have been made out of little love and much money, Uie Examiner neglects to inform us. In addition to these classes, it has ascertained yet another 1 of Uiose who have married neiUier from passion nor for pelf, but out of curiosity. Of these, the returns give just 1,5:10. But as this is a motive which operates very unequally upon Uie two sexes, we presuiira Uiat Iheae are marriages in which Uie malea have been passive, or have elae been led by Uial lovo of the untried, which now manifest! itself in the maaculino bnainess of politics, and have got married, as aiib treaauncl tud the like are act up by way of experiment There may be others who have ruahed into this state of felicity because they were aaked, or did not know what to do with Uieinsolves, or feared to do still worse, or knew not how "to bear the ills they had," or married becauao they were gelling old, or yet again because thoy were young, or, (aa Uie coroners' juries any,) "in a state of mental alienation," or, in short for rensons which no body could ever divine. There may, we say, be other classes of cues, but the four already enumerated embrace all but the mere anomalies. Well, Uie result aa very exactly arrived at is, of happy niatchea, just Hi ; which makea precisely four apiece for each of the great divisions of the roll. It is consolatory to let that there are 5,(100 who ire "tolciahly happy ;" that is, have fortitude not to hang nor drown, nor runaway,or whom Christian pa tience and the thought of a better world supports. Besides Uiese favored rnortala, Uiera appear to he 8.404 who are "hnnnv at timca' nutaiblv when a- aleep, or away from home, or il they are deaf or their apoiiae dumb, or anch are subject to nts ol catalepay or nUier visionary slates Uiat at times triumph over Uie real. Cheerful al all the preceding facia are, we come no-, however, to Uio reverse of the picture, the wrong udo of the tapestry. No mortal happinoaa il perfect Wedlock itself has occaaional crosses. Adam and Eve are aaid to have had their tins tielure they moved out of panulise and located a "big survey," somowhere on the Euphrates, Milton praise! marriage, but ia known to have boen much henpeck ed. Cowper also exuatiatea upon iu dclighta; but dying i bachelor, must have taken them only upon rcort And Cambell, while courting, wmte mine very pretty things on the nine score, but lived to marry a ahrew. In short, there must be some unlucky marriages if for nothing else than merely to mske tho oilier sort conscious of their own exstacies, or for the purpose of furnishing exceptions enough lo show Uiat it waa poasiblo to bo married without be ing at the very summit of unvarying enjoyment Thua it has, by this admirable and accurate atalisti-cal inquiry, been demonstrated that there are in Uie county of I jineaiter some rather ill aaanrtod matches, nut exactly answering Uie description of being "made in heaven ;" in a word, lfi&) apouaei who are "perfectly miserable. " We come next to the reaulti of wedlock in t sense which may be called public and political Uiat is, gnvernmentally ; iikI it haa been found, in Uie county of Lancaster, Uiat out of Uie li.liltl couple there, Uie sovereign authority is held in 15,040 easel by the wife, while there are but nine husband! who are permitted to wear that garment which one must not name in the presence of ladies, but ta the possession of which they all aspire-So much fer the married ; now for the unhappy persons who have not yet joined that "blessed con-panie."Of unmarried adults of both sexea in Lancaater Uie whole number is not quite equal to half of Uie married ; a disproportion which can only be accounted for by the violent spirit of imitaUon which the sight of so many examples of matrimonial enjoyment must produce. Seeing this, it ia only s wonder that any body remains aingle there a bit longer than ia necessary for the preliminary operations in white aatin, eggs, flour, sugar, and rose-colored and scented notes, with Cupids' adown the margin, and peeping from the corners. There ere, it leemi, just 14,181 unmarried folks. Of this number no small part is, however, kept up ' by that incorrigible sort, bent upon being unhappy, the old bachelors, of which guilty kind of people there are no less than 6,783, a painful and appalling amount of human wo. certninlv. But it ia at least a comfort to aeo that Uiere is a far less sum of this self inflicted wretchedness, or more virtue, or more sense, or more of the marrying propensity (whether that spring from love or money among the aoftor sex, or that Uie consumption of wives is swifter than that of husbands, or thut the demand and supply of the former commodity are more justly balanced. In short, there are but forty-nine old maids, each, of course, with an attendant cat or parrnt Of young ladies of all ages, Uie claim of some of whom to Uiat diatinction stands upon the Arm ground, of length of title or prescription or imtnemorisl usage, the whole number is given as b'.tiOO. That of widows is 404, while Uio disconsolate of the other sex amount to 309. Such u Uie mere muster-roll, or what the French hooki on the Art Military call the ptmnnel, in thii ancient warfare, always not a littlo fatal, even when least bloody. To deaciihe Uie more active operationsthe marchings and counter-marchings, Uie feints, the surprises, tho coup dt main, Uio sieges, the blockades, the attacks by tchelon movements, Uie downright assaults, Uio routs, the retreats, the mining and counter-mining, Uie calling in of auxiliary forces of mothers, aunts and cousins, the parks of eye- anuiery, in musketry ol closer tight, the hand-to- nana worn when it comes to the actual push of the bayonet the sighi, the vows. Uie kneel inis. the tesn. or at least the pocket-handkerchiefs that stand for thein ; and then the smiles more or less bewitching, the skilful repulses, the languishings, thewell-managed disdain, the seeming involuntary squeezes, Uie well studied confusions, the blushes made by holding the breath, the ambuscades of small favors, and the last ruinous victory of the extorted kiss all this would be long, not to speak of the macbiavelism of confidantes and waiting mnids, and the final diplomacy of those who draw deeds of settlement and trust bhuiius, mi iiiih, we must conciuue wuu me following return of fatalitiea, &c, in a tabular form I Number of young men now golnr a eouriinir, in Lan- ra'ler. SJO Uf which, have actually doiumhI lha Quentiou aud beoa arceuted fi.m Ditto, ami been reluied, 25 N umber who ve anxious to pop the queitiou, bul can't rrew up ibeir courage , 1,610 Number who havcbcenjillct), 85 Number hunting; fortune. , 3,349 Number ol confirmed old bachtlort, 8.10 Of which are not worlh haviiifr 64j Or which would do, ai a hut resort o numucr ol widower, who wihh lo marry again, 4 Numlier of widow, do. do. 306 Number of youne taiiii who are in the markel 6.649 Of which have actually had olli n Ciltt Of which wailing in dreadful sUMpcnie, 1,610 Of which concluded lu accept 1,G09 Of which will sk her mollier 1 numDer ol young- (tunc, in market, with " metallic rharmi," 147 Or which hold bank ttock 60 Of which will heir a imall farm aacb, 47 Or which have money al interest, 40 mimoer oi young taaui qunlilled 10 make good wives, 0,649 Of which would darn their husband's stockings,. wnicn skiiiiui in astronomy,. Of which learned in the languages,.... Of which able lo spell iheir onn names,.... Of which know how tu wnllz, Of which know how io make a pudding 6,8,10 4,136 Sf,J 4, 1,160 40 6,649 "i "men .now now io use a spinning-wheel, Of which know how lo spend their husband's money Here is a " Lancaaterian school " to which our fair young readen will, we aro sure, be ready to go. The Grtwl Brlsalw Iran SJirsusMv, the Lssrsj.! . seas', iss SBie wwrlsl. The following, which we cony from the London Times, ii a more complete description of this gigantic veasel than haa yet appeared. The Great Britain is built entirely of iron, with Uie exception of Ihe flooring of her decks, and the flooring and ornamental parts of hor cabins. She ii 'Mi feet in length aloft, or upwarda of 100 feel longer than our largest line of battle ships. Her extreme breadth ia 51 feet, and Uie depth of her hold 24 feet. She is registered 3,200 tons, so that her bulk far exceeds Uiat of any two aieamcrs in tne world, cine nas tour decks, the lowest of which ia of iron and appropriated for the reception of Uie cargo. The upper deck, with the exception of a small break in the forecastle, is com pletely nush trom item to stern, without building or elevation of any kind, so that beside the masts and funnel, there will be nothinr above deck to offer re- aistance to head wind. The two intermediate deck! ire appropriated ex- -1 clusively to Uio use of passengers and Uio equipago J nf Uie snip, and consist of four grand saloons, form- ing together a length ol dining room ot 350 feet two large ladies' cabins or family rooms, and 1B0 state rooms, each containing two spacious sleeping ueiiiw, w uiat, oeaiucs trie puruon appropriated lo the crew, steward'! department, &.c, the immense number of 3(10 paaecngcra can be accommodated each with a separate bed without requiring a aingle sola to be made up in any of the saloons. The principal saloon is 108 feet long by 32 feet wide, and 8 feet 3 inches high. Besides the vast space appropriated to the passengers, crew, etc., and that occupied by the engines, boilers, &c, she has sufficient room for the itowago of 1,000 tons of coal, and 1,200 torn of measurement goods. There are three boilors, capable of containing 200 tons of water which will be heated by 24 Area, and ahe has four engines, each ol 250 home power, making in all 1000 horao power. Some idea may be formed of her vaatneaa when I state that 1,400 tom of iron have been used in her construction. The moat novel feature about Uie Great Britain ia her mode of propulsion, which is by Ihe newly improved scrow-propellcr, patented by Mr. Smith, of London, (with improvements made upon it) and applied by Uiat gentleman with complete success to Uie Archimedes. The Great Britain will be fitted with aix masts, on five of which a single fore and aft sail only will be carried, the niainmaat alone being rigged witii yards and topmast. Those masta will be low as compared with the aizo of the ycaael, although Uie inainmaal will be 95 feet long, and the quantity of canvaaa, though inconaidcrable to what ahe would carry aa a full rigged atiip, will atill be aa much a II cover three-quarters ut an acre of ground. It ii difficult to ascertain the precise limits of the speed which she ia calculated to perform at aea. Pro- uauiy uie expectations oi tne directors are greater iiinn Uiis point than they choose to confess unUI an actual trial, but lomellimg considerably exceeding that of any lea-going ship at present afloat may b looked for. The rate at which Uie Oriental steam vessels accomplish Iheir voyagea does not average more Uian eight miles an hour ; Uie Atlantic steam-era about nine ; and the moat rapid aoa voyage yet accomplished hna not exceeded an averago of (en milea an hour. It is Miniated that Uie treat Britain will accomplish from 10 to III miles an hour, according to Uie nature of the weather and Uie sea, and no ooum is enicruineo uial nor average will be at least 12 to 13 miles nor hour: tikintr Uio lowest of thna rates, there would be an amazing increaaae over the greatest triumphs of steam navigation ever heard ot. (ixami Pnt'prrrt I. There arrived at this nort on Saturday last the schooner Phcr-be, of and from rniiaueipniB, witn tne nrat instalment of a band of filly Gorman families, who, under tho auanicea of the German Agricultural Society, are proceeding tn ir.nr poaieoaion oi i purennso ol ;.,(KIU acres ot land recently mnde in llanly tnd Hampshire eoun-tiea Virginia. Theae filly families are to be sue-reeded next year by filly more, and so continue at Uie same annual rate until two hundred families ahsll have boen settled on Ihe land. They are not recent emigrants, but have been residing in and about Philadelphia fur four or five yenre paat; and, doubtlesi, taking 1 true prmpectivu view of the times, have moat wiiely determined upon bestowing Uiemselvcs upon a portion of Ihe wild but vory impmveahle lamia of Ihe Old Dominion. The average price Uiey paid is 4.) cents per acre, anil the (net la represented to he well watered by numerous tributaries to Uio South Branch. Grargrlom (I). C.j Mmali. Rendered torpid by treachery, the Whir have since 184 1, .nini.a no exertion until now ! The Loco Fncoa Ui.xiL'ht them dead outright They were nover more alive, and wo believw never so strong. ,'Hcr. (,'atiKe. A 1

X EEK y o; RNA Jj. VOLUME XXXIII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1843. NUMBER 33. 0 STATE 0 V PUBLISHED BVERV WEDNESDAY, BY VIIARIjKS SCOTT. Office corner of High and Town strctrtt, JButilw' Building. " "terms. " Tun it E Dollars tr.n akwum, which mny be Hischarg-ed by the pnynwiii of Two Dollars ftiid FiUy Ccuu in aii-vance, at ihe olhee. The Journal ii alio published daily during the session o the Lcgislniure and thrice a week ihe remainder of the year for $0 j and iliree limes a week, yearly, fr 5 1. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 0, 1843. lb Public Peeling, Tha Statesman says that it haa heard from the country, since the adjournment of the Legislature, and that every where a warm disposition prevails to concur in the course of policy pursued by the political majority during the late session. The People, it is understood, approve of the measure adopted, and are generally satisfied, as well with what was done as with what was promised and not done. We have aomo reason to doubt the correctness of this intelligence. At all events, we shall withhold our belief, until we have some more decided proofs of its authenticity. We supped there is room for a different opinion, and that the Statesman is only whistling. It is difficult to conceive how the people of Ohio should be contented with their present condition, or with their future prospects, without a change of policy. From tho information contained in the article below, it would seem that in one county, at least, a spirit of alarming dissatisfaction and insubordination tu the laws is nranifesting itself. Weare exceeding sorry to see it, believing as we do that obedience to the laws, whataver they muy be, so long as they emanate from the people themselves, is a thousand times to be preferred to any illegal resort for the purpose of suspending or defeating their operations. The consequences cannot be foreseen,if an opposite course is sanctioned. Nor does there exist any necessity for adopting the dangerous alternative. The remedy for all our griovancea is in the ballot-box. We have not been brought to our present passblind-folded. We have been sufficiently warned of tho hazards incurred at every step of our progress. Wo have made the doscent in the broad light of experience and friendly remonstrance, and with our eyes open. 11 we have been disappointed in (tie issue, there is but one means of escape that is to rut race our path, Viulence, resistance to the laws of the land and its instituted authorities can only involve us deeper, without even securing to us partial relief. We hope, therefore, that however much the people may sulfur from the faults and follies of their rulers, and that there is much of suffering before them yet to be experienced, we cannot doubt they will notwithstanding bear it with fortitude, and avoid the growl error of attempting to relieve themselves by breaking through the restraints and obligations which the laws impose. There is no security left, when these lose their moral influence upon the conduct of men. The corrective is in tho ballot box and he is a bad citizen who advises a recourse to any other means fur reforming abuses, or even procuring a respite from burdensome exactions. We know that Loco Focoism has done much within a few years to demoralize and unsettlo the public mind, but we hope yet to be spared this Inst evidence that all public virtue and respect for the ties that bind society together are in danger of being extinguished. The I.iinl Krsart. We hear that in some parts of Washington county, the people have combined together to prevent the election of collecting officers and the execution of the laws, determined thus to prevent a further sacrifice of property. Wo regret to hear of such a stop. The sutlbrinis of the people are almost intolerable. we are well aware. Universal bankruptcy seems to stare us in the race. Hut there is yet a peaceable remedy; while that is left us, the sanctity of the law should not be invaded. We have but to retrace our steps, in order to restore to the country pruspciity and peace. When we boasted of our prosperity, of the rapid progress of our country to wealth and greatness, (say ID or 12 years since.) who thought of on- posing a Taritf, State or National Brinks ? Ask tho old Jackson man if he ever heard of this test, those questions, during the first Jackson campaign, in lt28? A blind devotion to men and names, instead of principles, has led us from the ancient landmarks, estab lished by men who never suffered patriotism to be lost sight of in devotion to party. We have not passed tho Rubicon. We may vet return. If wo are satisfied with tho experiments and expedients of! quacks and demagogues, we hove but to say it through the ballot-box, and the clouds will soon begin to break away. The chains of tho recent gerrymander may bo galling, but they can be broken. Tho blow that frees our goods, chattels and property from the hands ot the Mlieritt and Lnnstable, annihilates this perry inander and prevents the consummation of a worse one by taking out ol the hands of our spoilers tho power to amrict the state lor (senators and Kepro senUitivcs. Let us strike then at the root of the evil by the repeal of bad and the adoption of pood laws, i i kilo ad of lopping otf the branches. We should never resort to remedies that nro unlawful while law-f'ul ones are within our reach. McConnellsvUtc Whig oninaara. TbcArllng Fund t'eiuinlimrr The anuria Mint published at the residence of the cx-dtvant Bank Commissioner, now Acting Fund Commissioner, Hubbard, his the following article respecting that gentleman's claims on tho score of capacity, to the olfices which ho has formerly held, and the ono he now fills. It is not a very flattering testimonial to be given by one's neighbors. So far, however, as we have heard expressions of opinion in other quarters, it indicts no injustice, and leads us to apprehend lint the new r und Commissioner will not be likely to reflect a vast deal of credit upon the State, among tho mom'y kings of Wall it., whither he haa gone to see what is the maket value of our even per cent, bonds, Kmfh ibf F.ljris AiIm. I)r. Hubbard lias left town for Columbus, and has probably by this time pot a fust hold of one of the must productive teals in tho gift uf the Slate. That he will keep a tost hold of it thero is not a doubt, those wtio know nun win not entertain any. And we would ink if it is not surprising that an individual like the i)r- who has been for a long time lhnk Commits inner, getting his "three dollars a day and roast beet, and he could never "tell assets Iroi liabilities," effecting no possiblo good, except it was infilling his own pocket at the people expense, hould he appointed to one of the most lucrative and rcnponsible ollicosin the Statrthat of Acting Canil a ...r...u ;n tt, r a ........ fund (Jommissionor f lie domcshi'b no financial talent and yet ha is appointed to an office which demands the most profound knowledge in this respect But an it is with tho Loco Focns, Capacity is no qualification with them. All that they require of a candidate for office I that ha should be a good demagogue.Apropos to the above, it is curious to observe in what a loose and irregular manner, every thing is done that is entrusted to the agency or execution of Loco Focoism. The law creating theoflice ot Acting Fund Commissioner, prescribes explicitly that he shall give bond with good and sufficient security, to the satisfaction and acceptance of the Governor of this Siale in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars," before or upon entering upon tho duties of his office. Yet tlits provision has been entirely disregarded or evaded, so far as the (inventor1! approval of the bond is concorned. A bond has been tiled in the Secretary's office, where we called to examine it yesterday, but the Governor's name is not on it Nevertheless tho Acting Commissioner has asstimod his official functions, and ia drawing his pay, without hav ing complied with the requisitions of the act under which he holds his commission. V hen the Legisla ture required such a heavy pecuniary guarranty for tha faithful discharge of his duty, we presume it wrb in earnest, and that no suspicion was entortaincd that an attempt would be made to obtain the emoluments of office without a compliance with tho provisions ot the law. By and by thero may be trouble, and then what is tho Slate to do for an indemnification, if one hould be wanted ? Who will lay, either, that here is not a peg large enough to hang repudiation on, when thai doctrine shall come generally into vogue? But it is of a piece with every thing undertaken by our present masters, and we suppose we must submit o long as it is the people's will not to apply the cor rective. Pria Discipline. tf half we have heard, on good authority, it true, the walls of the Ohio Penitentiary, could they speak, Would disclose "prison house secrets," that would make the blood curdle. We are againsijkg-gt'ng in the army, navy, mad-house, or Penitentiary, if it can possibly be dispensed with ; and sure we are that the moral effect of unusual and cruel corporeal punishment, is deleterious to the last degree.' We insert an article, to-day, describing the new system of correction practised for a year or two past in New York and Massachusetts, and would recommend it to the candid attention of the Directors and Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary. If the managers of that Institution could substitute such a persuasive as cold water for the cats and other instruments of torture and bloodletting, heretofore employed, we are certain they would elicit an expression of universal commendation from the community. The Magician's Ward is Broken! The 8age of Kinderhook, weary of the "Philosophic Shades" about which the Argus went into extacies last full, came here six weeks ago to obtain a legislative nomination for President But so far there has been no movement. "New York's Favorite Son" seeks in vain for a nomination from tho Legislature of his own State, two-thirds of whose members belong to his own Party ! Failing to geta " straight-out" nom-, iuation, it is said that he is figuring to promote the adoption of some sort of Resolution in his favor at the close of the Session. Albany Evening Journal. This is not very encouraging to those who have staked their political existence in other States, upon Van Burcn's nomination. There is a reason for this hesitation in New York. Van Buren'a known unpopularity at home, produces the unwillingness manifest in the party, to commit themselves. They would be glad to escape the ordeal. Van Buren swamped them before, and if he is the candidate again, New York is as certain to repudiate him in 1844, as Kentucky or South Carolina are to sustain their respective favorites. Ohio llonde, We observe since Auditor Brough and his man Friday have been in New York, trying to peddle off our new seven percent bonds, that our six per cents, have been declining, and that the lust quotations show a fulling off of three per cent The Hon. Goo. A. Waooaman, formerly a Sena tor in Congress from Louisiana, was recently wounded through both thighs, in a duel with Dennis Prieur former Mayor of NcwOrlcans. Mr. W. we perceive haa since died of his wounds. (?"We beg the attention of our readers to the article signed "Montgomery." The t,'ril Approaches To the Editor of the Ohio Slate Journal: There are clouds in tho political horizon which portend evil. They overshadow tho whole country. A storm is gathering beforo which the stoutest frames will tremble. And it will be well for the American people for the cause of Constitutional Liberty throughout tho worldif there be stout hearts and clear heads to meet the shock and turn tho moral tempest aside. Tho refusal of a portion of the States of tins Union to comply with the law of Congress, prescribing the mode of electing members of the House of Representatives, if persisted in, is virtually a disso lution of the Union! The law in question is undoubtedly a constitution al one. As such, it is binding on all the States. It is the paramount law of the laud, and cannot be disregarded or contravened without settling at defiance the law making power of Congress. The work is thrn done. The National Legislature ccasca to possess a power co-cxtensive with the Union. The States, individually, are superior to the United Stales. And what remains of our Union? Let us pursue this subject a little farther. The law of Congress requires that the States shall be districted each district to elect one member. Certain of the States refuse compliance (the reason for this refusal may be separately examined, as well as the manner of complying with the law on the part of some of the States neither can affect the question under consideration) they refuse compliance, and proceed to elect Representatives to Congress under a law of their particular Stato. When Congress shall assemble next December, and these pretended Representatives shall present themselves, what will be the consequonco? If they be admitted to scats, what becomes of the law of Congress? If one law may, be set at defiance, v4y not Uco (Aree the whole!! Who shall answer this question? Not Congress for its power has ceased ! Tht taut prescribing Us own organization, under the Constitution, has been ttampled in the dust! To what higherpow-er shall the appeal be taken ? To the People ? Not so. They have already decided ii in the ajfirmn-live! Thf.rr ii no higher power. They have deliberately withdrawn from tho reach of Federal Legislation. Tho moral power has been exhausted. Nothing remains but force, bruto force erjterimen-Urn cruris Shall force be resorted to shall tho experiment be tried ? Aye, shall it ? and who shall try it 1 Not one State in open conflict with another ? that would bo double treason, for the power of the States is equal, and they are forbidden by tho constitution to "cngago in war unless actually invaded." Not the present Executive? for ho has virtually provoked the approaching crisis and invited the States to disregard the law. It is trtio, he is expressly enjoined by tho Constitution to Mtako care that tho laws bo faithfully executed." But whut uf that, when we think of his course in the Rhode Island rebellion, where he was equally bound to act under tho constitution.But, says the quibblor, tho Constitution also pro vides that "Each House shall shall bo tho judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members," True and the same Constitution also expressly says "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall bo made in pursuance thereof, shall be 0e supreme law of the tana anything in the constitution or laws uf any State to tho con- trarv notwithstsndinir Tho qualification of mem bers must be adjudged underthe law. All laws enacted in pursuance fif tho constitution are binding. The judges uf every State are bound thereby, as are also the nieinbc-s of the State legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers "both of the United States and uf die several States," by express provis ion. So that if one law may be disregarded, ao may all for by their oath they are bound to support all, not a part I repeat again, a crisis approaches! It is with fear and trembling that I watch its approach. Not I foar my own powers of personal endurance but I tremble for our proud Union, once the mark of tho prizo of the joyous sons of Liberty throughout the world. I would hero adopt, with slight variation, a applicable on this occasion, tho lunguago of Gen. Cass in a late letter to the Secretary of Slato "I am cloar in the belief that it is better to defend the outworks than thecitadol to fight for the first inch rather than for the last to maintain our Union and the Constitution when attacked, rather than to wait till we have none to be attacked or maintained ; and such I trust, and hope, will bo the unwavering determination of every constitutional member of the next Congress." MONTGOMERY. Q3The following for a Loco Foco is net btd. ImarttmpiM OR THE COURT r ERROR! AT WAIHlSGTUK, With Washing rm, her favorite ton, The country went mo-l brnvrly on, And ramcd htT unme in alory With JrhVwm and Mnflinm And Jnr ktofl down to llarrina, Hull on, on, on, to glory. With Tvlfr ihe began to err, C'sIM V cltiur, t4rna?r and Uyirwr, W h (f Tonei to mpport her j F.rho relumed no loiind lo her From t'ongrwt wnlli, err, err, err, And now Im raid for 1'oitrr. , PHILADELPHIA, March 1), llUA The Cenet. Professor Loomis, of Hudson College, haa pub lished two or three accounts of his observations upon the recent comot, which were the most satisfactory of any we have seen. The following is his latest publication, and comes to us through tho Hudson Observer of the 30th of March. I have computed the elements of the comet's or bit from the observations of March 11th and 21st, combined with the best estimate I could form of its Dusition Feb. 28th, according to tho loose newspa per statements. The following is the result : reniieiion passage r eo. xt, vwo ureenwicn mean time. Longitude of perihelion, 731' Lougiliide uf ucvuiiins; node, 180 IV Inclination of orbit, 3i 4 Perihelion distance,. 2i27 Motion direct. Computintr the comet's places from these elements the accordance is exact for the extreme observations but for tho intermediate time the error is about four degrees. There seems then good reason to believe that the comet was actually seen Feb. 28 ; but not precisely in the place assigned it. According to my observations of March ii5ih the error of this orbit is about three degrees. The above orbit then is but a course approximation, yet will suffice to give a general idea of tho comet's motion. When first discovered Feb. 28, the comet had just passed its point of nearest approach to the sun being at its perihelion distant from the Bun twenty millions of miles, and a hundred and fifteen millions of miles from the earth. It is now more than eighty millions of miles from the sun and about the snme distance from Uie earth. Calling the apparent diameter of the head two minutes, its real diameter must do over 4u,uuu miles. Its tail haa a length of about sixty millions of miles. The comet is now receding both from the earth and sun and ere long will disappear forever from our view. Its angular distance from the sun has been constantly increasing since first observed, but at a diminished rate. It will probably soon reach its greatest elongation, and afterwards slowly return towards the sun and be lost in his rays. How long it may he seen is quite uncertain. This deoends not merely upon its motion in its orbit, but upon moonlight, and the transparency of the atmosphere. It would not be strange if the tail should not be seen ogain after tho next full moon. Ihe head may probably be seen by a good telescope several weeks longer should clouds permit Tho above elements do not sufficiently resemble those of any recorded comet, to justify the belief that this one Iisb ever been seen before. This is then a new comet added to our Yut, making now one hundred and fifty. It clouds should permit Any further observations wo limy hope soon to obtain an orbit deserving of Borne confidence. bua LiUUJiia. From the Muuniee Time. The Winter. Cold weather continues without much prospect of its immediate abatement l his must emphatically bo considered the winter of winters. Scarcely an exchamro in per reaches u. but that it contains ac counts of the severity of the winter, the scarcity of tuddcr, tho dying ot entile, swine, olc. We copy a tew paragraphs trom sumo ol our ex change papers, to show the stato of au (luring to which tho brute creation in many parts of this section of country is reduced. And we fear that if the cold wenihcr continues much lunger, tunro win do a famine for man as well as beust Already haa corn advanced from 20 cts. to 3. per bushel, and we are told that wheat is beginning to be quoted at 7j cts. per bushel. The La orange f reeman, printed at tmondaga, La Giangc co., Indiana, says: "W hat shall w e do 1 his question or emu lation is becoming tho first salutation when neighbors meet And it is spoken in anxiety and in earnest And should this cold weather continue much loriL'or, there will, in our opinion, be good and suffi cient reason for them to make these inquiries. Why, the farmers are many ot them out of coarso Judder for their stock, and their cows, oxen, sheep and young nattlo are, in many instances in a state of suffering. In some of the neighborhoods, stock has already died by twenties and fifties and hundreds; and should this weather hold for a few days longer the distress must be general. The Fort Wayne Sentinel says : This winter has been one of unusual length and seventy; more so than any previous one in this re- ffion within the memory of the oldest settlers, 1 he cattle are suffering severely from the want of fodder, and great numbers perish or actual starvation. Hundreds of Hogs are also said to bo lying dead in the woods, and even tho wild animals aro starving to death. Notwithstanding the great abundance of the last harvest, teed is becoming scarce, and price advancing. Some farmers who sold corn in the fall for 15 cents, and oats for 10, are now re-purchasing, the former at and the latter at 18 : hay is selling at 10 to 12 dollars a ton. Those who may havo any thing to sell would do w?ll to embrace the present opportunity, as prices must inevitably fall as soon as the canal is open. We understand that any quantity of corn and oats are to be purchased in Tippeca noe county tor u and IU cents a Dushel. The iMIes njicliiL'an jnlclli''cncer thus speaks of tho winter: Winter. Lost spring at this lime, many of our fanner were sowing oata; now we have full two feet of snow and weather asstonny and cold aa mid winter, r odder is exceedingly scarce, and many farmers are losing their stock. The Norwalk experiment haa the following: The long continued cold weather has nearly ex- hn uited the hay and other coarso fodder for our far mers, and unless a tavorahle change anon takes place, crest numbers of cattle and other slock must WerMh lor want of food. A Iready we hoar that some dI onr farmer havo been driven to tho alternative of killing a part of their store hogs in -wler to fur nish sustenance fur tho balance. A gentleman from Michigan, within a tew days past, represents the slock in the region through which he passed as in a most deplorable condition, having seen in one yard no less than thirtu creature dead from starvation. Tho Cleveland 1 leritld thus speaks of the sutlerinir on the Kescrve, and in the counties adjacent ihfreio: "Distress. J ho protracted and severe winter, we aro pained to learn, has produced such a scarcity of fodder in portions of Northern Ohio, that cattle are actually starving, and in some instance numbers have been killed by their owners aa a last resort Such we are aasurrd is ttie fact in somo township in uo- auga and Ashtabula counties. In many neighbor hood in tho counties adjacent, cattle are suffering for food, and many have been killed for their hides and to lessen stocka with the bono of saving a part. 1 he hard winter and hard time are unparalleled. We might fill our paper with extracts similar to the above, but enough, a sorry tale indeed do they present Wo observe similar accounts from tho West part of Pennsylvania. The following i from the Detroit Advertiser of the 1st of April. Distress in the CotijiTH?. From almost overy section ot the btate, and the northern pot lion particularly, we have melancholy accounts of actual suf fering and distress, in consequence of tho prolonged seventy ot winter. Ihe cattle in almost every direction, are tsrvintr. In many place they are bare ly kept alive by feeding them jtour hay, atraw, outs, corn, and every other specie of fodder having become entirely exhausted. We have beard of farmers ill Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, and other northern countica, who have knocked all their cattle in the head, to save thorn from the lingering horror of star vatinn. When the iron grasp of Winter will be relaxed, ia altogether beyond human calculation. We have now, on tins first day of April, excellent eloign ing in the city, and the snow in the country ia from two to three feet deep on the level. That very respectable gentleman, w the oldest inhabitant," assures us that it is just hliy-fuur years since a wtnier or equal seventy haa been exfwrienced here. Frwus HI r lr. The United States schooner Dolphin, from Vera Crua, tourhed at the Southeast Pass on the 23d of March. 1 he newa is given briefly by the New Orleans papers. Tranquility prevailed throughout Mexico. Suita Anna had loft hi farm near Vera Crux, in order to bo present at the adoption of tho new Constitution in the capital. Information had reached Vera Out of the recapture of one hundred and eleven of the Texan pri-mners, and thai the Mexican were close up with the remait;dnr. It is said th'tt Runt a Anna haa sent agents to Houston to treat for peart brtioten Mexico and Texas The Mexican army ia said to be very numerous. The official letters from the Mexican common dor near Campcachy apeak in a confident tone of the immediate aucccsa of the enterprise and tho Vera Crui paponi record the frequent dcarture of reinforcement to the besiegers, which they believe renders the fall of Campoarhy absolutely certain. A new twiner called "The Arirus," hits been star ted at Harmburgh, Pentu, to advocate the claims of i Gen. las to tho Presidency. Wiie fnoMHi TajionTillc letter. The author of the following letter is now in the ranks of the reviler of Henry Clay. For office he has ranged himself among the slanderers of the man whom he tells us has acquired a tame trom winch "no man's censure can detract." For office he has become one of that party who, he also tells us, were guilty, and are now guilty "of misrule of every shape of ignorance and vice." For office he has become ihe supporter of an administration which, as he says again, "if any thing wrong, rotten and ruinous" can bring to it "downfall and disgrace, "it has done the work itself." For his slandors and abuse of the man whom he has well called a teacher, an experienced teacher of eternal political truths, and a witness of facts for freedom against freedom's foes for hk b landers and abtiee of this great man, he sought to obtain the President's smiles and did wring from his reluctant hand a nomination for a foreign mission. The Senate refused with most potential voice, to allow the ''favor" to follow the "fawning" to ratify the payment of the wages of his Blander and abuse. The disappointed oihce-Beeker tire waiter on Executive favors the subservient instrument of a traitor Preside. nt, returns to his constituents, and asks them to re-elect him to the Best in Congress, the independence and respectability of which he prostra ted at the foot of the President, whose treachery he counselled and abetted. We cannot suppose it possible that there can be found in the whole broad compnBs of the laud a constituency much less a constituency whom he had betrayed who would be willing to bo represented by such a man. Hut to the letter Baltimore Patriot. "Wasrikuton Citt, June 19th, 1840. "Gentlemen : I have delayed answering yours of the 18th inst, in order to make arrangements, if possible, to accept its kind invitation to attend tho dinner in honor of Mr. Clay, by the citizens of his native county, at Tuylorsville, on the 27th inst "I need not tell you what I think of Unit man, Henry Clay, of Hanover. He has done for himself what friends and fortune can do for no man, und has acquired what neither friends nor foes can take from him "a fame for which himself has fought," and to which no man's praise can add, and from which no man's censure can detract And that fame is his reward. Office could not add a cub t to his stature. He has reflected honor on the place of his birth, and a Henry was born there before hirn ; he has maintained the reputation of Virginia's sons, and is she the mother of "Heroes, Statesman and Sages !" That is enough for any one man, and it is enough for you to claim hhn as your own j you honor yourselves in honoring Henry Clay. None can impeach his d winter-cstedness now, and I wish that all Virginia, all A merico, could see him as you will see hi in, and hear him as you will hear him a touchor, an cxjierienced teacher of eternal political truths, and a witness of facta for freedom against freedom's foes. Heed him I beseech you heed him, whilst you may. "For myself, you havo suid more than I deserve, but not more than I have ever ardently wished to de-servo. I have tried to do my part, and trust that the little I have done has not been in vain. With gratitude to Heaven, I think I see the salvation of the country jdraws nigh. The work is finished. If urro-gant usurpation, presumptuous dictation, flagitious profligacy.undipgtiiscd tyranny, open frauds, unblush ing dishonesty, insiduoua corruption, enormous ex travagance, with contempt of Slate rights and unmitigated abuse of Federal power, a total disregard of the popular will, a constant tendenc to consolidation; -ln empire itself, with its standing armies to overawe the people and humblo them to submission if misrule in every shape of ignorance and vice, and a "destructive policy," griping upon fafor in the name or "far oor against the rich, and destroying a nation's credit, commerce, currency, spirit and pride, and disorganizing its institution, trampling upon "the blood of heroes and the wisdom of soges,' if any thing wrong, rotten and mi nous, can bring sn Administration to its downfall and disgrace, the Ad ministration of Marlin Van Buren ho done the work for itself!! " With so sinful, selfish exclamation of feeling, but with sincere gratitude on my heart and prairie on my lips, as a Christian Patriot, 1 do fervently thank God that "swift destruction," will soon overtake it, and that it will soon afford another example to the world, that wickedness, among nations at least, will study merit its own reward on earth. My private engagements will not permit me to be present with you, gentlemen, and I therefore beg you lo offer for me the subjoined toast I am, moat gratefully yniirs, 1IENKY A. WISE. To Messrs. Wm. F. Wickham, &c. The offspring of Hanover: The scourges of ty rant, whose motto ia "give me liberty or give mo death '." IfltiilNr nnr4 ib Kmci Frlnle. While ihe Essex was lying at the Marmiesaa Is lands, recruiting hor crew from one of the long and arduous cruises m the Pacific, Commodore Porter was informed through a servant of one ol hi officers, that a mutiny had been planned, and was on tho eve of consummation. That it was tho intention of the mutineer to rise upon the officers, take possession of the ship, and alter remaining aa long as they found agreeable at the Island, to hoist the black Hag and "cruize on their own account" Having satisfied himself of the tnilh of Uio infonnation, Commodore Porter ascended to the quarter deck, and ordered all the crew to be summoned alt Waiting till the last man had come from below, he informed them that ho understood that a mutiny was on foot. and that he had summoned them tor the purpose of inquiring into it truth. "Those men who are in fa vor of standing by tho ship and her olliccra," said the commodore, "will go over to the starboard side those who are against them will remain where they are." The crew, lo a man, moved over to the starboard side. The ship was still aa the grave. Fixing In eyes on them ateadily and sternly tor a lew momentathe Commodore said "Hubert White step out!' The man obeyed, st finding pale and agitated guilt stamped on every lineament of hi counten ance in Iront ot hi comrade. J he commodore looked at him a moment then soiling a cutlass from the nearest rack, said in a suppressed voice, but in tones so deep tint they rung like a knell upon the cars of the guilty among tho crew "Villain! you re the ringleader of tins mutiny jump overboard !" The man dropped on hi kneea, imploring fur mercy ending that ne could not swim. "Then drown, you Koundrcl V said the commodore springing towards him to cut him down "overboard iDHtauily ! and the man jumped over the aide of the shin. He then turned to the trembling crew, and addressed them with much feeling, tho tears standing upon his bronzed check a he spoke. He asked them what he had done that his ship should be disgraced bv a mutiny. He aidted them whether he had ever dishonored the ling whether he had ever treated them with other than kindness whether they hid ever been wanting for anything to their comfort, that discipline and the rules of the service would allow and which it waa in his power to give. At tho cloao of hi address, he said "Men! before t came on deck I laid a train to the mauuxine and 1 would have blown all on board into eternity, before my ship should have been disgraced by a turrcful mutiny 1 never would have survived the dishonor of my shin. Go to your duty !n The men were much affected by the commodore s address, and immediately returned to their duly, showing every sign of contrition. They were a good crew, and had been seduced by Ihe al lurement of the island, and Ihe plausible represen tations oft, villain. That they did their duly lo their (lag, it ia only necessary to say, that the aame crew fought the ship afterwards against the Phrbo and Cherub, in the harbor of Valparaiso, where, though the American ng tiewenued, u descended in a blaze of glory Uial will long shine on the page of history. Itul mnrk the sequel of this mutiny and lot those who, in the calm stmritv of their firesides, are ao severe upon the course of conduct pursued by officer in such critical situations, seo how much innocent blood would have been saved, if White hid been cut down instantly, or hung at the yard arm. Aa he went overboard, he succeeded in reaching a canoe floating at a little distance, and paddled ashore. Some lew months allerwards, when Lieut mint Gam ble, of the Marine, waa at the island, in charge of one ot Uie large prize, short-handed and in d is ties, ihia same White, at the head of a party of native, attacked tho ship, killed two of Uie nth r era and a number of men, and it was with great difficulty that she waa prevented from falling into their hand. The blood of these innoconl men, and the live of two meritorious officers, would have been spared, if mo wrctcn nan uecn put to instant death aa waa the commander's intentioa Hon. John C Edward, Ijoco M. C from Missouri, lay in his recently publmhed sevch on the Revenue bill, "I am not only ojmosed tu Uiia bill, but am ointoscd lo any Tartfr That ia manly and to the purpose, Bhll we never be able toiimokeout Van lluren, Wright & Co,, from their studied oHk-rity, and c.ui, ilif m to "flcl'in, thotr position with co,ul frukne ? ,V, 1'. J'n6unf. AdrMMtnge of Being Slandered. BI EPES SARGENT. Every bodu ipeaki well of him t I am torrv to hear it i for theu he mun have bowed as low to kmivea and fooli u to the honest dignity of virtue and talent. Sheridan. "Is it possible r "True, every word of it! I had it direct from Mrs. Marval, whose husband, you know, is a very matter- of-fact sort of man, and the last in the world to invent such a story about anybody." Well, J never would have believed that young Langdale could have fallen into such habits ! So inconsiderate, too, at this moment, when hisbed-ridden old uncle ia hesitating how he shall dispose of his immense estate!" "Oh, that will undoubtedly go to Mr. Allen, the thcr nephew, who was a perfect model for the young men of the aire in his habits : and who calls on old Gregory twice a day, dutifully to inquire into his 'A nd doesn't the dissipated one have sense enough to do the same?" "Quite the contrary, Langdale hasn't called on is uncle these six months. He is too fond of his i bottle and cigar, to concern himself about the old gentleman." I "And which of the nephews is favored by tho fa-! mou beauty Miss Maberly?" Trie fortunate one, ot course, whichsoever he may be ; but as the chances of wealth are now in favor ot Allen, Langdale is not so much encouraged at pres-sent as formerly." And so Langdale has really a cottage at 1J loom ing dale, and " Hutih '. don t tor the world repeat as coming trom me though at the same time, 1 must say I think it proper tha such things should be known." "lo be autre they should! 1 have a dozen more calls to make this morning, my dear Mrs. Ii , Good day. Be sure and return my visit soon." And tlm suyincr Miss Palter took hor leave, and made a dozen culli in rapid succemion, and every where communicated the intelligence bIio had gathered in regard to Mr. Langdale. 1 heso arrecable intimations were but part of n ivatem of abuiic which had been originated by Mr. larrowhy, an old friend of Langdales and a mas- tcrly tactician, in his management of the minor peculiarities of human nature. Langdale had been complaining that Miss Maberly gave him no encouragement, and that his uncle had assured him thut he should only leave him enough in his will to buy him a suit of niuurning. Uarruwby heard this intelli- Esnce with concern, for ho was himticlf indebted to angdale fur the loan of somo odd hundreds, and though he well knew that he should never bo dunned for the repayment, he was yet desirous of keeping his young friend in a position where he should nov-cr feel Uie temptation of want, liarrowby applied himself to the study of Langdale1. case, questioned linn minutely aa to what tho world said of him what were Alias Alabcrly's characteristics, and what were the uncle's. 1 lo learnt that the young lady was of rather a romantic turn of mind, ambitious, but high-spirited and generous fond ol admiration, and remarkably fond of having her own way. Accord-in? to Langdalc's belief, however, the good and beautiful preponderated inherchuracter, as well as in her person. As lor old Oregory, the uncle, ho had been a row in hisyouth, but wim now entirely reformed, lie took credit to himself for the rhange, but the fact was that gout and incipient disease had wrought it. llo belonged to somo dozen Temperance Societies, and abused his old Iriend King Alcohol, with Uie habitual zeal of new converts. liarrowby rchVctcd long and intently unon these and other particulars which Langdale communicated. At last lie exclaimed : 1 see It, my young Iriend. 1 have struck the root of the mischief. The fact is, you have altogether too good a character. You aro too amiable, too correct, too unexceptionable hi your deportment. You don't afford pegs enough for slan der to hang her little exaggerations upon. You must commit aomo trilling peccadilloes or you are ruined. L,ct me seo. buppose you stand in the collonade before I'inteaux's to-morrow, with a dear in your mouth. and your cheeks very much flushed. But no. There is not the least occasion that you should do any thing of that kind. Hlandcr requires no straw in Uio man ufacture of her brick. Imagination supplies material solid enougli for her. I must backbite you a little, uingilale, give currency to few bits of scandal, get ynu well abused, and then there will be seine hopo of retrieving your fortunes." "ileally, llammby," replied Langdale, "I do not comprehend your tactics. Look at my cousin Allen ; spo what an excellent character he enjoys! And what win oe uie consequence t "He will marry Kllcn Maberly. and become old Gregory's heir." "JVic upon your faint heart! He will never do any such thing, llo is ruining himself by playing Uie saint." Why, liarrowby, he ii Uio president of t Tem perance Society, and surely, if any tiling can prejudice his uncle in his favor, it will be that fact." M All a mistake! You show your ignorsnco of hu man nature, my dear boy, in aayinir so. Self-love is at the bottom of all our actions. 1 take Uiat as on ax iom. Now is it the way to win old Gregory's favor io maae ii apparent lo ins understanding, that you aro vitally bettor than he waa at your azer" " But Uie lady, liarrowby surely sho will prefer tuai nor tovor snouid DO a man ol unobioctionab e character." Unobjectionable humbug! How will sho ever find out Uiat she lovos bun, unless some one gives her an opportunity of defending him? Ah! let the world iratlun minor than praise me to the woman wnnsc love 1 would win." "Where would your nhilosonhv lead to?" asked Langdale. "If you are right, then Uie old proverb is ong ; and honesty is not the best policy." ror your own sake," said liarrowby. "it is for our own peace of mind, and the smile of our own conscience ! I would not givo much for Uie honesty wnicn is eased solely upon a trust in its policy. How mucn more cautious man ute author ot Una old saw ia Shakspearo, when he lavs, " Corruption wins not more than honesty j" from which we may infer thai nnnesiy wins not more man corruption: which I bo. lievo to be fact. But we are stravinir from the sub jeel before us. The question is, how are you to re gain mo lavor oi your uncle and your mistress? I liavp revealed to you Uie means. Gire me a carle Mirnrne ta slimier you, and all shall be well." " Koallv. my dear llarrowhv. this is a moat onirin- al plan for advancing one's fortunes ; but I rely upon our superior sagacity ana tnowicngo ol tho world. I leave niy character in your hands." "And I will re-cnnign it to a maiden lady of my acquaintance, who will deal with it vary tondcilv." rinro me conieranco between liarrowby and hta pupu lenninairu ; anu tne lormerdrew nis sun Handkerchief over his hat, and wci.t forth to set afoot Uie project he had originated. Tho result did not fully appear until several months had elapsed. By that lime, Langdale had become ono of Uie must notorious young men about town. .-minimi, m ma natiia, with a constitutional rcpinr- nance to sensual excess, and pasaing Ihe greater part of hia time anion j hia books: he vet innocently acquired the reputaion of being a "five-bottle man gay deceiver, a gambler, a confirmed rake. Mo-Uiera warned their daughter againat hia invidiutis ana, rnidcni lauiora tnroaiened their sons Willi rus tication in tho event of their venturing lo minirlo in his society. Numberless were the stories of hisex- travagancen, hia "scrapes," and his gambling pro pensities, iiarrnwny,wnenneneardot tncae tilings, aa he eften would, from papaa and mamas, looked grave, shook Ins head, and remarked that it waa a pity such a fine young man should throw hi nine 1 1 away. And all ihia, while poor L- fonrctful evonof his friend's project in his behalf, waa deeply engaged in Ilia preparation of a work on ornithology a favorite study with him and rarely went forth except for exercise. At length the physicians gave the world to understand that old Gregory could not survive more than a week or two. Ilia large fortuno rendered it of course an interrnting siihjnct of public speculation: who was to be his heir? Allen, of course! aaidlhe world i and Allen Uiought eo himself, ami look occasion to ask Mrs. Maberly point-blank if she ob jected to him as son-in-law. The mother expree- Med herself charmed at the prospect t but Ulen positively said " No." The mother alonnod and threatened; and the daughter retired weening lo hercham-ber, and sitting down to a writing-desk, addressed a long letter lo Langdale, who, discouraged by demonstrations of aversion on the part of the mother, and by misrepresented caprices on the part of the daughter, had retired, sirk al heart, fiom the candidacy for her hand. We cannot quote Uie wholo of Kllen's letter, for it would only be laughed at. She hail heard of Langdale'a fiblcd career of dissipation, and auppnaed that be had surrendered himself to it on account of his despair ot ever attaining her hand. Dreadful stories wore told of him she said; but she didn't believe hair of them not half. Kvery body seemed forsaking him now. Even Uie old uncle had cut him off with a shilling ao her mother declared. Undor these circumstances, she had discovered thai she loved him better than any one else in Ihe world nd marry Mr. A Hen, she wouldn't) nothing should force her to Uiat She cimoaxd a hope, nay, ihe was sure Uiat Lanedale would reform under her in fluence, and she could never believe Uiat he was a fiftieth part as bad aa people represented him. Such waa Uie tenor of the young lady'a letter. Langdale had not finished reading and kissing it, when he received summons to attend the deathbed of liis uncle. Sincerely concerned at the intelligence of his kinsman's serloua illness, he hastened to fulfil the summons. Gregory wai the only remaining brother of hia departed mother, and though Langdale had never experienced any kindness from him, and expected no advantage from his death, he now keenly felt a twinge of remorse at hia long neglect of the childish old gentleman. On his way he encountered liarrowby, who insisted on accompanying him. They entered the aick chamber together. Before they reached Uio bed its occupant had breathed his last Several persons were present in the anartment a clergyman. Mr. Grufi'the attorney, a physician, Allen, and a servant Langdale uttered an unaffected ex clamation of regret on learning what had happened, nui uia not pretend to any very vehement emotion. Allen sat with his handkerchief to his eyes, the picture of disconsolate affliction. After ascertaining that due preparations would be made for the obse quies, Langdale signified to liarrowby his intentions oi returning nome. "Stop a moment my young frieiid,"saidMr.GnilT. "There may be something that will interest you in this paper." Allen put down hia handkerchief, and pricked up his ears. Mr. Gruff drew forth a paper tied with red tape from his pocket, and without furUier preface read the following passage from the last will and testament of Uie deceased; "Whereas, my nephew, HopKins Allen, has inaniteatcd a becoming interest in the good cause of temperance, 1 hereby bequeath the eum of five thousand dollars to the asylum for inebriates, on condition that the said Hopkins Allen is made one of the trustees of the said institution. And whercaa, my nephew, Arthur Langdale, unless some strong inducement is offered him to reform, is likely to become a candidate for tho humane offices of the directors of Uie said Asylum, I hereby bequeath to him Uie bulk of my property, consisting of real estate, ect, ect, as enumerated in schedule A ; on condition that he will, from this time forth, abandon the use of ardent spirits ; and I leave it solely to his honor as a gentleman lo declare, whether or no he accedes to this condition." A groan from Mr. Allen, a smothered huzza from liarrowby, and a cry of surprise from Langdale, succeeded the reading of Uiis extraordinary clause. "What aay you now to my tactics !" asked Har-rowby, when he and Langdale were in the open street Without waiting for a reply, he continued : "I havo only one regret It is that this occurred before Ellen Maberly had declared herself in your favor. Her disinterestedness would be questionable, should she smile upon you now." "Not at all. Read that letter," replied Langdale. "Victorious on every side!" exclaimed liarrowby, aa he akiimncd its contents. "Didn't I tell you ao ? Wasn't it my abuse of you that brought you all Uiis good fortune ?" "It would seem so and yet how unnatural !" "Not at all ! Didn't the Athenians tire of hearing Ariatides called the just and isn't human nature the name now aa it ever was ? Your fool of a cousin got people to surround your uncle, who continually rung in the old man's ears the praises of his nephew. Of you he heard nothing but bad reports. But with you he felt that ho had sympathies in common. He could say to his own heart "1 was the same wild dog myself when I was of his age." He was true to his nature at the last Self-love triumphed, aa I calculated it would triumph." "I shall never ajwak ill of slanderer! after this," said Ijingilale. " 1 hey have trior uaca, depend upon it, rejoined liarrowby. "Poor Allen ! He has fallen a victim to the irreproachablencai of his character. But there are Mabcrly's marble steps. Suppose you go in and get Ellen lo fix Uie marriage day." From tha National Intelligencer. Ilraaeitenl Statistics. The last Lancntltr Eraminer furnishei us. in a tabular form, some highly interesting facta as to Uio population of that part of Pennsylvania, taken in relation to Uie blessed state of matrimony ; of which word, by-Uie-by Uie laUer half is, now-e-dayi, too often almost all Uiat is made any account of that half being thought more valuable than the whole. 1 he examiner divides population exactly according to tho lemalo plan of drawing up a census ; that ia, it ranges every body into two great orders the married and tho unmarried; 1 mode of division, which, we take it, there ia hardly any young lady who will not easily comprehend. It proceeds to stato Uie whole number of married people in that county as 31,'r3, including, we pre-auine, Uiat class of " widows " (like the wife of Bep-po) who, for the time being, are IcUiered in Uiat knot tied by the tongue which the teeth cannot unlooae. Of Uiia number it eatimatea Uie entire sum of those who have married for love, aa 2;to0 ; a proportion certainly very large, and which we know not how to explain, unless Laucaaler be a county in which thero lingers a very primitive state of the manners, or where there is a very great lack of money ; or, laatly, it eatimatea all Uiose al " love-matches" where there is love on either side. But if Uiis computation exhibits lome decline of one virtue, the next fact diaplaya large compensating accessions of another and far more useful one Uiat of prudence : for Uie number of Uiose who have preferred a nuptial benediction pronounced by PlutuJ to one lisped by love is no less than lrj,U74. Such being the multitude of those who, in this ten-dor connexion, have thought that what ia denominated " Uie main chance," or " Uie quills," and makes " Uie pot boil'" and " Uio mare go," should be chiefly looked to, Ihe Examiner finds yet another claaa, who are happier atill, and who, indeed, have combined in their wedlock a quanUty of blias rather excessive for any mortal lot : we mean those who have been able to marry both for love and for money ; of whom the number ia no leas Uian 8,144. Whether, however, the two elements have entered equally into theao matches, or whether Uiey have been made out of little love and much money, Uie Examiner neglects to inform us. In addition to these classes, it has ascertained yet another 1 of Uiose who have married neiUier from passion nor for pelf, but out of curiosity. Of these, the returns give just 1,5:10. But as this is a motive which operates very unequally upon Uie two sexes, we presuiira Uiat Iheae are marriages in which Uie malea have been passive, or have elae been led by Uial lovo of the untried, which now manifest! itself in the maaculino bnainess of politics, and have got married, as aiib treaauncl tud the like are act up by way of experiment There may be others who have ruahed into this state of felicity because they were aaked, or did not know what to do with Uieinsolves, or feared to do still worse, or knew not how "to bear the ills they had," or married becauao they were gelling old, or yet again because thoy were young, or, (aa Uie coroners' juries any,) "in a state of mental alienation," or, in short for rensons which no body could ever divine. There may, we say, be other classes of cues, but the four already enumerated embrace all but the mere anomalies. Well, Uie result aa very exactly arrived at is, of happy niatchea, just Hi ; which makea precisely four apiece for each of the great divisions of the roll. It is consolatory to let that there are 5,(100 who ire "tolciahly happy ;" that is, have fortitude not to hang nor drown, nor runaway,or whom Christian pa tience and the thought of a better world supports. Besides Uiese favored rnortala, Uiera appear to he 8.404 who are "hnnnv at timca' nutaiblv when a- aleep, or away from home, or il they are deaf or their apoiiae dumb, or anch are subject to nts ol catalepay or nUier visionary slates Uiat at times triumph over Uie real. Cheerful al all the preceding facia are, we come no-, however, to Uio reverse of the picture, the wrong udo of the tapestry. No mortal happinoaa il perfect Wedlock itself has occaaional crosses. Adam and Eve are aaid to have had their tins tielure they moved out of panulise and located a "big survey," somowhere on the Euphrates, Milton praise! marriage, but ia known to have boen much henpeck ed. Cowper also exuatiatea upon iu dclighta; but dying i bachelor, must have taken them only upon rcort And Cambell, while courting, wmte mine very pretty things on the nine score, but lived to marry a ahrew. In short, there must be some unlucky marriages if for nothing else than merely to mske tho oilier sort conscious of their own exstacies, or for the purpose of furnishing exceptions enough lo show Uiat it waa poasiblo to bo married without be ing at the very summit of unvarying enjoyment Thua it has, by this admirable and accurate atalisti-cal inquiry, been demonstrated that there are in Uie county of I jineaiter some rather ill aaanrtod matches, nut exactly answering Uie description of being "made in heaven ;" in a word, lfi&) apouaei who are "perfectly miserable. " We come next to the reaulti of wedlock in t sense which may be called public and political Uiat is, gnvernmentally ; iikI it haa been found, in Uie county of Lancaster, Uiat out of Uie li.liltl couple there, Uie sovereign authority is held in 15,040 easel by the wife, while there are but nine husband! who are permitted to wear that garment which one must not name in the presence of ladies, but ta the possession of which they all aspire-So much fer the married ; now for the unhappy persons who have not yet joined that "blessed con-panie."Of unmarried adults of both sexea in Lancaater Uie whole number is not quite equal to half of Uie married ; a disproportion which can only be accounted for by the violent spirit of imitaUon which the sight of so many examples of matrimonial enjoyment must produce. Seeing this, it ia only s wonder that any body remains aingle there a bit longer than ia necessary for the preliminary operations in white aatin, eggs, flour, sugar, and rose-colored and scented notes, with Cupids' adown the margin, and peeping from the corners. There ere, it leemi, just 14,181 unmarried folks. Of this number no small part is, however, kept up ' by that incorrigible sort, bent upon being unhappy, the old bachelors, of which guilty kind of people there are no less than 6,783, a painful and appalling amount of human wo. certninlv. But it ia at least a comfort to aeo that Uiere is a far less sum of this self inflicted wretchedness, or more virtue, or more sense, or more of the marrying propensity (whether that spring from love or money among the aoftor sex, or that Uie consumption of wives is swifter than that of husbands, or thut the demand and supply of the former commodity are more justly balanced. In short, there are but forty-nine old maids, each, of course, with an attendant cat or parrnt Of young ladies of all ages, Uie claim of some of whom to Uiat diatinction stands upon the Arm ground, of length of title or prescription or imtnemorisl usage, the whole number is given as b'.tiOO. That of widows is 404, while Uio disconsolate of the other sex amount to 309. Such u Uie mere muster-roll, or what the French hooki on the Art Military call the ptmnnel, in thii ancient warfare, always not a littlo fatal, even when least bloody. To deaciihe Uie more active operationsthe marchings and counter-marchings, Uie feints, the surprises, tho coup dt main, Uio sieges, the blockades, the attacks by tchelon movements, Uie downright assaults, Uio routs, the retreats, the mining and counter-mining, Uie calling in of auxiliary forces of mothers, aunts and cousins, the parks of eye- anuiery, in musketry ol closer tight, the hand-to- nana worn when it comes to the actual push of the bayonet the sighi, the vows. Uie kneel inis. the tesn. or at least the pocket-handkerchiefs that stand for thein ; and then the smiles more or less bewitching, the skilful repulses, the languishings, thewell-managed disdain, the seeming involuntary squeezes, Uie well studied confusions, the blushes made by holding the breath, the ambuscades of small favors, and the last ruinous victory of the extorted kiss all this would be long, not to speak of the macbiavelism of confidantes and waiting mnids, and the final diplomacy of those who draw deeds of settlement and trust bhuiius, mi iiiih, we must conciuue wuu me following return of fatalitiea, &c, in a tabular form I Number of young men now golnr a eouriinir, in Lan- ra'ler. SJO Uf which, have actually doiumhI lha Quentiou aud beoa arceuted fi.m Ditto, ami been reluied, 25 N umber who ve anxious to pop the queitiou, bul can't rrew up ibeir courage , 1,610 Number who havcbcenjillct), 85 Number hunting; fortune. , 3,349 Number ol confirmed old bachtlort, 8.10 Of which are not worlh haviiifr 64j Or which would do, ai a hut resort o numucr ol widower, who wihh lo marry again, 4 Numlier of widow, do. do. 306 Number of youne taiiii who are in the markel 6.649 Of which have actually had olli n Ciltt Of which wailing in dreadful sUMpcnie, 1,610 Of which concluded lu accept 1,G09 Of which will sk her mollier 1 numDer ol young- (tunc, in market, with " metallic rharmi," 147 Or which hold bank ttock 60 Of which will heir a imall farm aacb, 47 Or which have money al interest, 40 mimoer oi young taaui qunlilled 10 make good wives, 0,649 Of which would darn their husband's stockings,. wnicn skiiiiui in astronomy,. Of which learned in the languages,.... Of which able lo spell iheir onn names,.... Of which know how tu wnllz, Of which know how io make a pudding 6,8,10 4,136 Sf,J 4, 1,160 40 6,649 "i "men .now now io use a spinning-wheel, Of which know how lo spend their husband's money Here is a " Lancaaterian school " to which our fair young readen will, we aro sure, be ready to go. The Grtwl Brlsalw Iran SJirsusMv, the Lssrsj.! . seas', iss SBie wwrlsl. The following, which we cony from the London Times, ii a more complete description of this gigantic veasel than haa yet appeared. The Great Britain is built entirely of iron, with Uie exception of Ihe flooring of her decks, and the flooring and ornamental parts of hor cabins. She ii 'Mi feet in length aloft, or upwarda of 100 feel longer than our largest line of battle ships. Her extreme breadth ia 51 feet, and Uie depth of her hold 24 feet. She is registered 3,200 tons, so that her bulk far exceeds Uiat of any two aieamcrs in tne world, cine nas tour decks, the lowest of which ia of iron and appropriated for the reception of Uie cargo. The upper deck, with the exception of a small break in the forecastle, is com pletely nush trom item to stern, without building or elevation of any kind, so that beside the masts and funnel, there will be nothinr above deck to offer re- aistance to head wind. The two intermediate deck! ire appropriated ex- -1 clusively to Uio use of passengers and Uio equipago J nf Uie snip, and consist of four grand saloons, form- ing together a length ol dining room ot 350 feet two large ladies' cabins or family rooms, and 1B0 state rooms, each containing two spacious sleeping ueiiiw, w uiat, oeaiucs trie puruon appropriated lo the crew, steward'! department, &.c, the immense number of 3(10 paaecngcra can be accommodated each with a separate bed without requiring a aingle sola to be made up in any of the saloons. The principal saloon is 108 feet long by 32 feet wide, and 8 feet 3 inches high. Besides the vast space appropriated to the passengers, crew, etc., and that occupied by the engines, boilers, &c, she has sufficient room for the itowago of 1,000 tons of coal, and 1,200 torn of measurement goods. There are three boilors, capable of containing 200 tons of water which will be heated by 24 Area, and ahe has four engines, each ol 250 home power, making in all 1000 horao power. Some idea may be formed of her vaatneaa when I state that 1,400 tom of iron have been used in her construction. The moat novel feature about Uie Great Britain ia her mode of propulsion, which is by Ihe newly improved scrow-propellcr, patented by Mr. Smith, of London, (with improvements made upon it) and applied by Uiat gentleman with complete success to Uie Archimedes. The Great Britain will be fitted with aix masts, on five of which a single fore and aft sail only will be carried, the niainmaat alone being rigged witii yards and topmast. Those masta will be low as compared with the aizo of the ycaael, although Uie inainmaal will be 95 feet long, and the quantity of canvaaa, though inconaidcrable to what ahe would carry aa a full rigged atiip, will atill be aa much a II cover three-quarters ut an acre of ground. It ii difficult to ascertain the precise limits of the speed which she ia calculated to perform at aea. Pro- uauiy uie expectations oi tne directors are greater iiinn Uiis point than they choose to confess unUI an actual trial, but lomellimg considerably exceeding that of any lea-going ship at present afloat may b looked for. The rate at which Uie Oriental steam vessels accomplish Iheir voyagea does not average more Uian eight miles an hour ; Uie Atlantic steam-era about nine ; and the moat rapid aoa voyage yet accomplished hna not exceeded an averago of (en milea an hour. It is Miniated that Uie treat Britain will accomplish from 10 to III miles an hour, according to Uie nature of the weather and Uie sea, and no ooum is enicruineo uial nor average will be at least 12 to 13 miles nor hour: tikintr Uio lowest of thna rates, there would be an amazing increaaae over the greatest triumphs of steam navigation ever heard ot. (ixami Pnt'prrrt I. There arrived at this nort on Saturday last the schooner Phcr-be, of and from rniiaueipniB, witn tne nrat instalment of a band of filly Gorman families, who, under tho auanicea of the German Agricultural Society, are proceeding tn ir.nr poaieoaion oi i purennso ol ;.,(KIU acres ot land recently mnde in llanly tnd Hampshire eoun-tiea Virginia. Theae filly families are to be sue-reeded next year by filly more, and so continue at Uie same annual rate until two hundred families ahsll have boen settled on Ihe land. They are not recent emigrants, but have been residing in and about Philadelphia fur four or five yenre paat; and, doubtlesi, taking 1 true prmpectivu view of the times, have moat wiiely determined upon bestowing Uiemselvcs upon a portion of Ihe wild but vory impmveahle lamia of Ihe Old Dominion. The average price Uiey paid is 4.) cents per acre, anil the (net la represented to he well watered by numerous tributaries to Uio South Branch. Grargrlom (I). C.j Mmali. Rendered torpid by treachery, the Whir have since 184 1, .nini.a no exertion until now ! The Loco Fncoa Ui.xiL'ht them dead outright They were nover more alive, and wo believw never so strong. ,'Hcr. (,'atiKe. A 1